Josh+Lamet+and+Spencer+Johnson

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1ac – plan
====The United States federal government should increase its diplomatic and economic engagement with the People's Republic of China by establishing a trade promotion organization with the People's Republic of China to promote collaborative trade initiatives designed to mitigate climate change.====

The US-China relationship is defined by superficial friendship that pretends to cooperate despite divergent interests. This risks dangerous instability in relations
Yan, 10 - Professor and Dean of Institute of Modern International Relations, Tsinghua University (Xuetong, "The Instability of China–US Relations" The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol. 3, 2010, 263–292 doi:10.1093/cjip/poq009 The Instability of Superficial Friendship AND support and mutual expectations thus maintains the stability of the countries' bilateral relations.

Relations are on the verge of collapse due to unmet expectations
Heath, 15 - Timothy R. Heath is a senior defense and international research analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Rand Corporation ("Xi's Visit Exposes Mismatch in U.S and Chinese Expectations" World Politics Review, 9/23, http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/16748/xi-s-visit-exposes-mismatch-in-u-s-and-chinese-expectations Since U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping AND It can also help promote needed stability in an increasingly fragmented international order.

Establishing a clean energy trade promotion organization promotes shared commercial interests that bridge the gap over divergent interests and transforms the relationship
Valentine, 11 - Scott Victor Valentine is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the MPPIP Program, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo ("Towards the Sino-American Trade Organization for the Prevention of Climate Change (STOP-CC)" Chinese Journal of International Politics (Winter 2011) 4 (4): 447-474. doi: 10.1093/cjip/por020 Facilitating Collaboration The 'no regret' climate change mitigation strategies, which the two nations AND of GDP by 40–45% of 2005 levels by 2020.96

Plan spills over despite overall divergent interests in the rest of the relationship
Valentine, 11 - Scott Victor Valentine is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the MPPIP Program, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo ("Towards the Sino-American Trade Organization for the Prevention of Climate Change (STOP-CC)" Chinese Journal of International Politics (Winter 2011) 4 (4): 447-474. doi: 10.1093/cjip/por020 Furthermore, a Sino-American collaboration of the type presented by STOP-CC AND Sino-American relations, in the context of climate change mitigation efforts.

Strong relations prevent nuclear war and foster multilateral cooperation on every existential threat
Gross, 13 - adjunct fellow of Pacific Forum CSIS, former Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs in the Department of State, former Counselor of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Donald, The China Fallacy: How the U.S. Can Benefit from China's Rise and Avoid Another Cold War, p. 62 The foremost near-term security benefit to the United States of developing improved relations AND China could work alongside the United States in maintaining regional security and stability.

Strong relations are vital to cooperation over North Korea—US and China are key
China and the United States share the same short-term interests on the Korean AND Sino-US diplomatic effort. Indeed, it is a political necessity.
 * Gady 16** (Franz-Stefan Gady is an Associate Editor with The Diplomat, a Senior Fellow with the EastWest Institute, and has worked previously as an adjunct research assistant at the Institute for National Strategies Studies of the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., an analyst for the Project on National Security Reform, a congressionally funded nonprofit organization founded to reform the national security structure of the United States. He holds an M.A. in Strategic Studies/International Economics. "Sino-US Cooperation Over North Korea Is Now More Important Than Ever," The Diplomat, March 19, 2016, http://thediplomat.com/2016/03/sino-us-cooperation-over-north-korea-is-now-more-important-than-ever/)//wm

That causes nuke war and extinction
(Peter, "The Path Not Taken, The Way Still Open: Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia," http://www.nautilus.org/projects/A-J-disarm/research-workshop/drafts/hayes-hamel-green.pdf) The consequences of failing to address the proliferation threat posed by the North Korea developments AND threat but a global one that warrants priority consideration from the international community.
 * Hayes and Hamel-Green 9** - Professor of International Relations – RMIT University AND Michael; Dean and Professor of Arts, Education and Human Development – Victoria University

Strong relations are vital to cooperation over the Middle East
Alterman 11 (Jon B. Alterman is a senior vice president, holds the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and is director of the Middle East Program at CSIS., "U.S.-China Relations: Cooperating and Contending Over the Middle East" Center for Strategic and International Studies, Middle east program, 2011, https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/110617_Alterman_ChinaExecSummary.pdf)//wm China, the United States, and the Middle East form a triangle. All AND lessons from its own economic growth, which regional governments would likely welcome.

That solves nuclear war
Russell 9 - Russell, Senior Lecturer, National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School (James A., "Strategic Stability Reconsidered: Prospects for Escalation and Nuclear War in the Middle East" IFRI, Proliferation Papers, #26, http://www.ifri.org/downloads/PP26_Russell_2009.pdf) Strategic stability in the region is thus undermined by various factors: (1) AND the peoples of the region, with substantial risk for the entire world.

Paris commitments will fall short without follow through—Trade cooperation is a vital starting point for global trust by satisfying economic interests
Roberts, 16 - writer on energy and climate change for Vox; cites Keohane, a professor at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton (David, Vox, "The argument for incrementalism in international climate negotiations" 5/26, http://www.vox.com/2016/5/26/11766252/international-climate-incrementalism The international community has been talking about climate change since the 1980s, with a AND how to do that ratcheting work, laying the foundation for greater ambition?

Status quo cooperation is insufficient to slow the rate of climate change – it will become irreversible without greater cooperation
Shi, 15 - Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Longyu Shi, Weichen Ma, Guofan Shao, Lina Tang, Yangyang Wang & Haowei Wang (2015) The US and China need to turn ongoing bilateral dialogue AND effective bilateral and multilateral cooperation toward immediate climate change mitigation around the world.

The gap in existing cooperation makes it impossible to meet Paris targets – joint coordination on clean energy investment is vital
International finance: Going green or brown? In the post-Paris era, AND benefits for developing countries while minimizing environmental, social, and climate risks.
 * Hart et al 16** Melanie Hart is a Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at American Progress, Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Peter Ogden is a Senior Fellow at American Progress, served on the White House Domestic Policy Council as senior director for energy and climate change and at the State Department as chief of staff to the special envoy for climate change, Kelly Sims Gallagher is a Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University (Melanie, Pete, and Kelly Sims, "Green Finance: The Next Frontier for U.S.-China Climate Cooperation," Center for American Progress, 6/13/16, https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2016/06/13/139276/green-finance-the-next-frontier-for-u-s-china-climate-cooperation/)\\BPS

The plan creates joint ventures that facilitate the global diffusion of emissions-reducing technology
Valentine, 11 - Scott Victor Valentine is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the MPPIP Program, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo ("Towards the Sino-American Trade Organization for the Prevention of Climate Change (STOP-CC)" Chinese Journal of International Politics (Winter 2011) 4 (4): 447-474. doi: 10.1093/cjip/por020 Areas for Collaboration One of the drivers behind China's economic resurgence has been the Chinese AND weakness, while American strengths complement the financial shortcomings that Chinese firms face.

Scaling up current US-China clean energy joint ventures will unlock a global clean energy revolution
Forbes and Moch, 14 - *senior associate at the Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute AND PhD Student at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard (Sarah and Jonathan, April 25, 2014, "How U.S.-China Cooperation Can Expand Clean Energy Development", http://www.wri.org/blog/2014/04/how-us-china-cooperation-can-expand-clean-energy-development. Accessed on 7/5/16) One year ago, the United States and China declared in their Joint Statement on AND United States and China, we can help unlock a clean energy revolution.

It spurs price reductions and technological innovation, as well as global modeling
Valentine, 13 – Scott Victor Valentine is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the MPPIP Program, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo ("Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation Efforts through Sino-American Collaboration" The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 2012, 1 of 24 doi:10.1093/cjip/pos021 The USA and China share a high degree of ideological common ground in regard to AND as heightened competition between firms gives rise to greater innovation and consumer surplus.

Trade cooperation directly limits carbon and methane emissions as well making it possible to meet global emission targets
A third major area of opportunity for China–U.S. cooperation concerns AND -US cooperation on the climate and trade issues on that organization's agenda.
 * Aldy et al 16-** Joseph Aldy is an associate professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a visiting fellow at the Resources for the Future, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Faculty Chair for the Regulatory Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. ("Bilateral Cooperation between China and the United States: Facilitating Progress on Climate-Change Policy," Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation; February 2016, http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/harvard-nscs-paper-final-160224.pdf)// CGM

Warming causes extinction – action now prevents the planet from becoming uninhabitable

 * Klein 14** - Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute and a former Miliband Fellow at the London School of Economics

Naomi, This Changes Everything, p 16-21 The assertion that we have been held back by a lack of technological solutions is AND climate crisis: we either change now or we lose our chance.29

Green Finance is in China's strategic interests – they say yes
With last month's high-profile signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement by 174 countries AND now viewed as a cottage industry to become part of the financial mainstream. =Past 1NCs:=
 * Lehr 16** Deborah Lehr is an accomplished global business strategist who has supported leading global firms and organizations to grow their presence in the world's most complex markets and a Senior Fellow at the Paulson Institute ("Green Finance: A Strategic Imperative for China," The Diplomat, 6/13/16, http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/green-finance-a-strategic-imperative-for-china/)\\BPS
 * Elections
 * Consult Japan
 * Xi Bad
 * Canada Coop CP
 * Xi Good
 * Appeasement
 * CO2 Ag
 * Japan join AIIB CP
 * Inuit Oppression DA (net benefit to Canada Coop CP)
 * Heidegger
 * Neolib
 * T QPQ
 * T Uncondo
 * Space Leadership DA
 * China War Good
 * Japan DA
 * China Econ DA
 * TPP
 * Iran Politics
 * Military Coop CP
 * State Trade-off DA

=Past 2NRs:=
 * Elections
 * Consult Japan
 * Xi Bad
 * Xi Good
 * Appeasement
 * Inuit Oppression DA (net benefit to Canada Coop CP)
 * Japan Prolif DA (net benefit to Consult Japan)
 * State Trade-off DA
 * CO2 Ag