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** Current levels of investment non-unique disads but its not sufficient ** Wilson et al 5-13 (Wilson, Christopher (associate at the Mexico Institute), Eric L. Olson, Miguel R. Salazar, Andrew Selee, and Duncan Wood, “New Ideas For a New Era: Policy Options for the Next Stage in U.S.-Mexico Relations,” May 2013, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/new_ideas_new_era.pdf, AC) The first step [...] is much work to do.

**Border inefficiencies cause a multiplier effect on the manufacturing sector** **Lee and Wilson 12** [Christopher Wilson, Associate at the Mexican Institute, Erik Lee, Associate Director at the North American Center for Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, “Whole nations Waiting”, Site Selection, July 2012, []]//PP The quantity of [...] U.S.-Mexico border.

**Economic relationship with Mexico is key to manufacturing and jobs** **Wilson 11** [Christopher Wilson, associate with the Mexico Institute, “Working Together: Economic ties between the United States and Mexico” Woodrow Wilson Center, November 2011, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Working%20Together%20Full%20Document_0.pdf]//PP The integration of [...] of job creation.

**Economic issues are at the forefront now especially trade** **Selee and Wilson 12** [Andrew Selee, Vice President for Programs and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute, Christopher Wilson, associate with the Mexico Institute, “A New Agenda with Mexico”, Wilson Center, November 2012, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/a_new_agenda_with_mexico.pdf]//PP Nonetheless the landscape [...] over a decade.

**Increasing regional manufacturing inputs supports US economy** **Wilson 11** [Christopher Wilson, associate with the Mexico Institute, “Working Together: Economic ties between the United States and Mexico” Woodrow Wilson Center, November 2011, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Working%20Together%20Full%20Document_0.pdf]//PP Perhaps the most [...] jobs and industry.

**Economic decline risks multiple global nuclear wars** O’Hanlon 12 Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Director of the John L. Thornton China Center and Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution, former Professor at the University of Michigan [“The Real National Security Threat: America's Debt,” Los Angeles Times, July 10th, @http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2012/07/10-economy-foreign-policy-lieberthal-ohanlon] Alas, globalization and [...] is not reestablished.

**Specifically the Auto industry is interdependent—auto parts cross the border eight times** **Wilson 12** [Christopher Wilson, Associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson internatiaonal Center for Scholars, 2012, “US competitiveness: the Mexican Connection”, University of Texas at Dallas, http://www.issues.org/28.4/p_wilson.html]//PP The massive volume [...] 2009 and 2011.

**Auto Industry Key To Heg – Air Power And Naval Power** **Ronis**, Director Of Mba Programs At Walsh College, 7/17/20 **06** [SHEILA R, http://www.uscc.gov/hearings/2006hearings/written_testimonies/06_07_17wrts/ronis_statement.pdf] The DMSMS database [...] be a superpower.

**And,Flexible rapid reaction of US airpower is crucial to averting and de-escalating WMD conflicts in the Persian Gulf, Koreas, South China Seas and between India and Pakistan** Zalmay **Khalizad and** Ian **Lesser**, Senior Analysts at RAND. Sources of Conflict in the 21st Century, 19 **98**, http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR897/MR897.chap3.pdf This subsection attempts [...] Myanmar, or North Korea.

**Manufacturing base key to prevent Chinese Leadership in nanotech and ensure U.S. Leadership** Manufacturing and Technology News 5 (“Lack of Manufacturing Base Imperils U.S. Lead in Nanotechnology” pg online @ [] //um-ef) Nanotechnology, often touted [...] we can here."

**Chinese Leadership guarantees extinction** Lev Navrozov 2004 (Winner of the Albert Einstein Prize for Outstanding Intellectual Achievements, “The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology ‘Plans Ahead’ We at the Center [...] the nano annihilation."

**Trade from Mexico is set to skyrocket now** MD News (MyDesert News Service, a Gannett Company) February 10, 2013 “Mexico’s “Maquiladoras” are Back on the Comeback Trail” http://beschloss.blogs.mydesert.com/2013/02/10/mexicos-maquiladoras-are-back-on-the-comeback-trail/ Maquiladora, the term [...] goods and services.

**Lack of infrastructure will result in regional trade deterioration – collapses the NAFTA agenda** **Peters, 09** – Enrique Dussel, professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (“Manufacturing Competitiveness: Toward a Regional Development Agenda,” //The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA//, Pardee Center, November 2009, http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PardeeNAFTACh2PetersManufNov09.pdf) One of the [...] regional development issues.

**Lack of investment in transportation infrastructure is the Achilles heel of NAFTA – the plan is key to prevent collapse** Michael C. McClintock (Professor of Law, Gonzaga University School of Law) 2007 “NAFTA'S 13TH YEAR: STEADILY INCREASING TRADE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE CRISIS, BUILDING A "DRY CANAL" ACROSS SOUTHERN MEXICO, AND MORE” 14 Sw. J.L. & Trade Am. 25, Lexis Transportation infrastructure is [...] the U.S. border.

**The plan ensures deep north American economic integration necessary for optimum NAFTA functioning** **Blank, Golob and Stanley, 06** – *Stephen, Pace University, **Stephanie R., Baruch College,** *Guy, McGill University (“Staying Alive: North American Competitiveness and the Challenge of Asia,” Pace University Lubin School of Business, 10/1/06, http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1077&context=lubinfaculty_workingpapers) The cummulative result [...] as economic muscle.

**NAFTA is a global model for trade agreements** **Pastor, 04** – Robert A., Robert A., Professor at and Founding Director of the Center for North American Studies at American University (“North America's Second ` Decade,” Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2004) North America's second [...] around the world.

**Specifically key to provide a model for TPP negotiations** Don Cayo (writer for the Vancouver Sun) 2/ 13, 2013 “NAFTA has provided a thoroughly modern template for free trade” http://www.vancouversun.com/business/NAFTA+provided+thoroughly+modern+template+free+trade/7957474/story.html If you think [...] into that world.

**Now is key – negotiations are reaching a tipping point. Breakdown unravels the entire negotiations – crushes Asia ‘pivot’ and US leadership** Claude Barfield (former consultant to the office of the US Trade Representative and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute) 1/30, 2013 “Crunch time for the TPP” http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/01/10/crunch-time-for-the-tpp/ During President Obama's [...] and business community.

**Asia pivot key to solve multiple hotspots from escalating to nuclear war** Colby 11 – Elbridge Colby, research analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses, served as policy advisor to the Secretary of Defense’s Representative to the New START talks, expert advisor to the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission, August 10, 2011, “Why the U.S. Needs its Liberal Empire,” The Diplomat, online: http://the-diplomat.com/2011/08/10/why-us-needs-its-liberal-empire/2/?print=yes But the pendulum [...] regional security challenges.

**NADBANK solves – best format for the aff** **Negroponte, 12/3/12** – Diana, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution (“[F]acilitate the anticipated tripling of cross-border trade,” Americas Society/Council of the Americas, http://www.as-coa.org/articles/viewpoints-what-should-top-priority-be-us-mexican-relations) In order to [...] of both nations.

**Expanding NADBank to transportation infrastructure solves cross-border trade, growth, and relations** HS News (Hispanically Speaking News, Latin American News Organization) July 2011 “Creating North American Development Bank Seen as Good Economic Opportunity for Border Economy” http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/hispanic-business-news/details/creating-north-american-development-bank-seen-as-good-economic-opportunity-/8994/ Action to bring [...] the national debt.

**Government action is key to stimulate the private sector –provides incentive and reduces redundancies** **U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 11** (“Steps to a 21st Century U.S.-Mexico Border” http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/2011_us_mexico_report.pdf SW) We are encouraged [...] and accessible information.

**Federal leadership is key to effective policy – only way to capitalize on relations** **Wilson Center, 09** (7“THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO: Towards a Strategic Partnership,” Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute, January 2009, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/The%20U.S.%20and%20Mexico.%20Towards%20a%20Strategic%20Partnership.pdf) The Obama administration [...] in border communities.

**POE investment sufficient to solve– jumpstarts other improvements and happens immediately** **Accenture, 08** global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, report commissioned by the DOC (March, commissioned by the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, “IMPROVING ECONOMIC OUTCOMES BY REDUCING BORDER DELAYS FACILITATING THE VITAL FLOW OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER”,   http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/487/DRAFT_Reducing_Border_Delays_Findings_and_Options_vFinal_03252008.pdf SW) Improving Ports of [...] can begin immediately.

**Alt causes resolved now** **Wogan 8-31-12** J.B. is an intern with PolitiFact “Border is more secure, but not to everyone's satisfaction” http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/286/secure-the-borders/ We also think [...] promise a compromise.

**Plan leads to coordination with Mexico – spills over** **Figueroa et. al, 11** – Alejandro, Research and Policy Analyst, NACTS, with Erik Lee, Associate Director, NACTS, Rick Van Schoik, Director, NACTS (“Realizing the Full Value of Crossborder Trade with Mexico,” North American Center for Transborder Studies at ASU, 12/9/11, http://21stcenturyborder.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/realizing-the-value-of-crossborder-trade-with-mexico2.pdf) Executive Summary The United [...] 21st century border.

__Plan Text:__ The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement towards Mexico by increasing investment in border transportation infrastructure projects.

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