[Grosseschnauzer]

Quote: National Economic Rights

A resolution to develop industry around the world.

Category: Advancement of Industry

Area of Effect: Protective Tariffs

Proposed by: Belarum

Description: General Assembly of the United Nations,

DISTURBED by the adverse effects of certain aspects of free trade in a number of UN nations, which includes the exploitation of labor in underdeveloped nations, the crippling of smaller businesses which cannot compete with multinational corporations with access to cheaper labor in underdeveloped nations, and massive job loss in developed nations, which has been proven to lead to increased rates of crime, poverty, and drug abuse,

DETERMINED, through this resolution, to enact legislation which can lend a helping hand to those displaced through aspects of free trade and outline an effective plan to advance the economies of underdeveloped nations, as well as reduce the rate of poverty, crime, and drug abuse in developed nations,

MANDATES the following:

1) All UN nations have the authority to enact protective tariffs on foreign goods and services in order to protect their labor forces and develop their industries;

2) All UN nations have the authority to enact trade restrictions on foreign goods and services in order to protect their labor forces and industries, or as a means of protesting the acts of nations;

3) All UN nations have the authority to set their own taxation policies on all foreign goods and services entering or leaving their nation;

4) The UN shall retain its rights to abolish tariffs and embargoes for economic sectors in order to prevent the withholding of necessities and beneficial goods such as, but not limited to food, clothing, or medicine from certain nations;

5) The UN Free Trade Commission (UNFTC) shall hold the authority to arbitrate disputes arising from this legislation;

ENCOURAGES the deployment of tariffs in order to prevent inequitable and unfair relationships between nations engaged in trade, to encourage domestic employment and basic welfare, and to redevelop certain industrial sectors, as well as trade restrictions as a viable course of action in order to protest the acts of nations,

DISCOURAGES the practice of ?dumping? goods and services in matters of international trade in the UN and throughout the world,

FURTHER DISCOURAGES the withholding of necessities in the international marketplace, such as, but not limited to, food, clothing, and medicine,

CONVINCED that these measures will bring about a more equitable and fair relationship between nations engaged in trade,

HEREBY enacts National Economic Rights

Co-authored by Tarmsden[/quote]

[Eisophca]

I vote to detonate. AGAINST.

[Yeldan IDU Territory]

Hack just killed it.

[Domnonia]

Good. Its presuppositions had no basis in fact and were blatantly partisan.

[Grosseschnauzer]

And wha's really sad is that most of the remaining proposals in the queue at the moment, are even poorer in quality than this one.

I'll kill this thread (lock it) in a moment.