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PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW!! Big Sky Debate is pleased to release its Spring 2011 UIL Lincoln-Douglas Debate resources on free trade!  The resolution, released by the UIL is:

RESOLVED: Free trade should be valued above protectionism.

The index for our resources appears below the fold.

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AFFIRMATIVE

• FREE TRADE GOOD: HELPS THOSE IN POVERTY/DEVELOPING WORLD
• FREE TRADE GOOD: HELPS THE DEVELOPED WORLD
• FREE TRADE GOOD: HAD BENEFITED THREE BILLION
• FREE TRADE GOOD: PROMOTES CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
• FREE TRADE GOOD: INCREASES LABOR STANDARDS
• FREE TRADE GOOD: MAKES GOOD CAPITALIST SENSE
• FREE TRADE GOOD: HELPS WESTERN CONSUMERS
• FREE TRADE GOOD: HELPS WESTERN WORKERS AND CREATES JOBS
• FREE TRADE GOOD: BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER
• FREE TRADE GOOD: DESTABILIZES OPPRESSIVE REGIMES
• PROTECTIONISM BAD: DOESN’T MEET SECURITY GOALS
• PROTECTIONISM BAD: HURTS THE POOR/DEVELOPING WORLD
• PROTECTIONISM BAD: = BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEMS
• PROTECTIONISM BAD: HURTS THE ENVIRONMENT
• PROTECTIONISM BAD: HELPS ONLY THE ELITES
• PROTECTIONISM BAD: EXPORTING REGULATION FAILS
• PROTECTIONISM BAD: HURTS JOBS
• FAIR TRADE ANSWERS: FAIR TRADE AND FREE TRADE ARE THE SAME
• FAIR TRADE ANSWERS: FAIR TRADE HARD TO DEFINE
• FAIR TRADE ANSWERS: FAIR TRADE IS RADICAL
• FAIR TRADE ANSWERS: FAIR TRADE BENEFITS ONLY THE SMALLEST OF FARMERS
• FAIR TRADE ANSWERS: FAIR TRADE HURTS THE DEVELOPING WORLD
• FAIR TRADE ANSWERS: FAIR TRADE HURTS THE WEST
• FAIR TRADE ANSWERS: FAIR TRADE FAILS; IT IS A MARKET PLOY
• A/T: FREE TRADE = CHILD LABOR AND SWEATSHOPS
• A/T: FREE TRADE HURTS THE ENVIRONMENT
• A/T: FACTORIES RELOCATE IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS

NEGATIVE

• PROTECTIONISM GOOD: MUST PROTECT WHAT WE VALUE
• PROTECTIONISM GOOD: PROTECTS HUMAN RIGHTS
• PROTECTIONISM GOOD: RULE-BOUND TRADE HELPS LIFT THE POOR OUT OF POVERTY
• PROTECTIONISM GOOD: RULES-BASED TRADING CAN PROVIDE STABLE MARKETS
• PROTECTIONISM GOOD: CAPITALISM IS DOOM; MUST ADOPT SOCIALISM
• PROTECTIONISM GOOD: PROTECTS DEMOCRACY
• PROTECTIONISM GOOD: US MUST ADOPT REGULATION TO COMPETE WITH FOREIGN MARKET SUPPORT
• FREE TRADE BAD: MUST FIND ALTERNATIVE TO FREE TRADE REGIMES
• FREE TRADE BAD: PUTS POWER IN THE HANDS OF ELITES/CORPORATIONS
• FREE TRADE BAD: HURTS THE ENVIRONMENT
• FREE TRADE BAD: PROMISES OF NEW MARKETS ARE FALSE
• FREE TRADE BAD: FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS MEAN EXODUS OF INDUSTRY FROM THE DEVELOPED WORLD
• FREE TRADE BAD: KILLS SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD
• FREE TRADE BAD: MEANS JOB TRADEOFFS IN THE WEST
• FREE TRADE BAD: THREATENS THE DEVELOPING WORLD
• FREE TRADE BAD: HURTS WORKERS
• FREE TRADE BAD: = SWEATSHOPS
• PROTECTIONIST ALTERNATIVE: FAIR TRADE
• FAIR TRADE GOOD: FIXES ABUSES OF FREE TRADE
• FAIR TRADE GOOD: BETTER THAN PLAIN PROTECTIONISM
• FAIR TRADE GOOD: BEST PROTECTS ALL INTERESTS