Tweets on China debate topic
For students researching US/China policy, many tweets from NCPA Debate Central here.
Author: Gregory Rehmke
U.S./China Natural Gas Trade for Cleaner Skies
[Full post in Cross-Examination at NCPA Debate Central] China’s government is struggling to halt industrial and automobile pollution, even inspecting barbeques. Heavy winter smog in Beijing and other Chinese cities is ugly and causes...
The U.S./China Trade Debate and Populist Backlash
Posted at Debate Central, Cross-Examination Economists Tyler Cowen & Noah Smith at Bloomberg are “Debating Free Trade and the Populist Backlash” (November 1, 2016 1:16 PM EDT). For NSDA (and NCFCA) debaters, the benefits, costs, and...
Engaging With Chinese Cities and Civil Society
In “Why the Industrial Revolution didn’t happen in China,” (The Washington Post, October 28, 2016), economic historian Joel Moykr notes the role of political decentralization and political competition across Europe compared to China: China...
Cuba, Big Sugar, and Federal Agricultural Policy
Ending the Cuba trade embargo would shift sugar production back to Cuba and away from ecologically fragile lands in the U.S. “Protect the Everglades, not sugar farmers,” (Florida Sun Sentinel, Feb 16, 2017) argues: Unfortunately, the most important...
China Topic Posts at Debate Central Website
Since mid-August posts on the U.S./China topics are at the Debate Central website. Fifteen or so years ago, NCPA invited me to provide content for their new Debate Central site. Working with David Beers,...
China: 3X More People than E.U. and on Average 40X Wealthier Since 1980
NAFTA’s United States, Canada, and Mexico as well as the European Union are regional trade associations assembled from very different regional, political, economic, and social networks. Plus the governments of each U.S. and Mexican...
Does U.S. Policy Promote China’s Costly Solar and Wind Power?
Wind and solar power subsidies jolted and damaged European economies, especially Spain and Italy. China’s economy received a similar jolt in 2015. Below we consider the claim that U.S. trade policy encourages Chinese government...
Free Trade: Spurring Two Centuries of Innovative Protectionist Arguments
The Oregonian’s OregonLive post, “Case for free trade confirmed by new research” (March 30, 2016) reviews recent debates among politicians, pundits, and economists over the benefits of internationals trade and new trade agreements (and...
Federal Regulations or Market Reforms for Agricultural Runoff and Water Quality?”
“Externalities” are costs imposed on others. A factory or farm dumping waste into local rivers or lakes is “externalizing” a cost of production. Reducing production costs by pushing air and water pollution on others...