[PASSED] Repeal GA#221 "On Multilateral Trade Talks"

[Tinhampton]

This resolution hurts nations due to red tape.

Do explain how please? I am guessing you didn't actually read the target did you? Instead you read Tinhampton's interpretation of the target didn't you?

<3 (that would be an accurate meta-interpretation )

AS OF 0843 BST ON TUESDAY: Approvals: 86 out of 53 needed (Tinhampton, The Flyin, Bearded Dragones, Brototh, Krovx Luxembourg, CoraSpia, You Should See Me in a Crown, Taki Calxur, Gibraltarica, Jedinsto, Rogue River, TESDAI, United Lammunist Republic, Sheepiania, Seludong, Ench Table, Tostandia, Novum Orientis, Duhhhmurica, Kustonia, Noble Titans, Republic of Blank, Sedgistan, Pastries, Hakuri, Socialist Amogus, Krovnik, Zamastan, Camaordia, Lamerdon, Wischland, Krezenel, Meliant, Conservativealia, Zombiedolphins, Queen of the Ruckus, Sanctaria, Hometania, Chodean Kal, Paleocacher, Socruell, Grand Memeland, Tartaso, Cus Kazdines, Johanneslanden, Dilber, Oliveriaa, Whitemore, Reultan, NewTexas, Hulldom, Floyssauu, Smiley Bob, Enlais, Angry Saffron, New Scottsville, Ashaie, Rykkland, The Islands of Europe and the Americas, Federal republic of Socialsts, Fachumonn, Chairman Cities, Ecolaria, Agalaesia, The Hard Part, The Atlae Isles, Denathor, Calamari Lands, San Lumen, Pan-European State, Owl Archipelago, Crimea is Ukraine, Terminum, Yaxopsville, Orennica, The Universe World, The Eurasian SFSR, Playball758, Nation84, Pinochet Executionists, Sirian, Quezo, Candensia, Nekomimea, Nasset, Galiantus III)

[Greater Cesnica]

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The Europeian Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends a vote For the General Assembly resolution, Repeal "On Multilateral Trade Talks".
Its reasoning may be found here.

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[Tinhampton]

The Europeian Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends a vote For...

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NOISES

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In other news, this is now at vote and will be until 6th August (as I said on Page 1). It was approved by 12.93% of delegates.

AS OF 0459 BST ON MONDAY: Approvals: 112 out of 52 needed (Tinhampton, The Flyin, Bearded Dragones, Brototh, Krovx Luxembourg, CoraSpia, You Should See Me in a Crown, Taki Calxur, Gibraltarica, Jedinsto, TESDAI, United Lammunist Republic, Sheepiania, Seludong, Ench Table, Tostandia, Novum Orientis, Duhhhmurica, Kustonia, Noble Titans, Republic of Blank, Sedgistan, Pastries, Hakuri, Socialist Amogus, Krovnik, Zamastan, Camaordia, Lamerdon, Wischland, Krezenel, Meliant, Conservativealia, Zombiedolphins, Queen of the Ruckus, Sanctaria, Hometania, Chodean Kal, Paleocacher, Socruell, Grand Memeland, Tartaso, Cus Kazdines, Johanneslanden, Dilber, Oliveriaa, Whitemore, Reultan, NewTexas, Hulldom, Floyssauu, Smiley Bob, Enlais, Angry Saffron, New Scottsville, Ashaie, Rykkland, The Islands of Europe and the Americas, Federal republic of Socialsts, Fachumonn, Chairman Cities, Ecolaria, Agalaesia, The Hard Part, The Atlae Isles, Denathor, Calamari Lands, San Lumen, Crimea is Ukraine, Terminum, Orennica, The Eurasian SFSR, Playball758, Nation84, Pinochet Executionists, Sirian, Candensia, Nekomimea, Nasset, Gumeus, Tuandle, Coronational Chechyans and affiliates, Josephtan, Scakulever, Russia Major, International Socialist Union, Baloo Kingdom, Omniabstracta, Ricau-Legorminas, The Dark Crusaders, Heromerland, Adinesi, Fsdh E, Italian Community, Neim, Martinilinian, Auxorii, Azgoghk, Bradfordsborough, Cruciland, Thaelle, Conflagration City 5, Steliar, Amerion, Saint Crusaders, Zhong-guo, Not Comunists, Littjara, REFORMED FALKLANDS, Berlin and Hanover, South Olpen, Dabberwocky)

[WayNeacTia]

Now that TNP has voted against and IA has expressed his opinion that the repeal isn't needed, we can waste three days watching this fail. Pretty sure this could have been predicted.

[Tinhampton]

Now that TNP has voted against and IA has expressed his opinion that the repeal isn't needed, we can waste three days watching this fail. Pretty sure this could have been predicted.

This means I can waste one day watching this succeed

[Greater Lexonia]

The Spokesperson for the Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Greater Lexonia has released the following statement :

Promotion and encouragement of free trade is a legitimate and essential trend requiring solid action in the international arena. As such, the nation of Greater Lexonia will oppose any efforts to repeal this imperfect yet important resolution. It encourages all nations to arrive at a better draft adressing iasues rather than a blanket repeal which would be detrimental to international cooperation.

[Greater Cesnica]

Now that TNP has voted against and IA has expressed his opinion that the repeal isn't needed, we can waste three days watching this fail. Pretty sure this could have been predicted.

Yet the repeal is passing. Curious.

[Waldenes]

“Opposed until a replacement is proposed.”

[Greater Cesnica]

“Opposed until a replacement is proposed.”

"Does your delegation have any intention of proposing such a replacement?"

[URA World Assembly Affairs]

The United Regions Alliance recommends that nations vote for this resolution. https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1576787

[WayNeacTia]

I really don't see the purpose of repealing a harmless resolution that actually served a purpose. This just seems to be a repeal for the sake of repealing something, and it really is a shame the lemmings can't see that.

[Kurogasa]

Now that TNP has voted against and IA has expressed his opinion that the repeal isn't needed, we can waste three days watching this fail. Pretty sure this could have been predicted.

No idea who those are, but for now, it seems they aren't as powerful as you think.

[WayNeacTia]

Now that TNP has voted against and IA has expressed his opinion that the repeal isn't needed, we can waste three days watching this fail. Pretty sure this could have been predicted.

No idea who those are, but for now, it seems they aren't as powerful as you think.

When I'm wrong, I'm wrong.

[Bears Armed]

Now that TNP has voted against and IA has expressed his opinion that the repeal isn't needed, we can waste three days watching this fail. Pretty sure this could have been predicted.

No idea who those are, but for now, it seems they aren't as powerful as you think.

TNP = The North Pacific, whose delegate currently is Francois Isidore and has over 900 endorsements (which is the most that any delegate has).
IA = Imperium Anglorum, the delegate of Europe, who is at nearly 400 endorsements.
Together, just these two delegates provide around 1/6 of the total votes counted so far in this voting.

[WayNeacTia]

No idea who those are, but for now, it seems they aren't as powerful as you think.

TNP = The North Pacific, whose delegate currently is Francois Isidore and has over 900 endorsements (which is the most that any delegate has).
IA = Imperium Anglorum, the delegate of Europe, who is at nearly 400 endorsements.
Together, just these two delegates provide around 1/6 of the total votes counted so far in this voting.

Would have been nice for a WALL to have stopped this travesty. Unfortunately another decent resolution goes down the tubes, all for the sake of someone trying to boost their card value. I guess I'm just too old school to keep up with this ever changing GA, where resoultions are sacrificed for personal gains......

[Separatist Peoples]

TNP = The North Pacific, whose delegate currently is Francois Isidore and has over 900 endorsements (which is the most that any delegate has).
IA = Imperium Anglorum, the delegate of Europe, who is at nearly 400 endorsements.
Together, just these two delegates provide around 1/6 of the total votes counted so far in this voting.

Would have been nice for a WALL to have stopped this travesty. Unfortunately another decent resolution goes down the tubes, all for the sake of someone trying to boost their card value. I guess I'm just too old school to keep up with this ever changing GA, where resoultions are sacrificed for personal gains......

Ooc: Tinhampton, while a purveyor of truly awful proposals and well known for ignoring feedback, is trying to participate in the game. To the extent playing is pursuit of personal gain, Tinhampton's actions are no more or less self serving than any other author. It shocks me not at all that you would cast participation in a bad light because you don't approve of the proposal at vote. Which is itself self-serving on your part.

Maybe you are too old school for the current GA, which took a good hard look at itself after UFOC was DOS'd and worked hard to become more welcoming and less venomous.

[Kurogasa]

No idea who those are, but for now, it seems they aren't as powerful as you think.

TNP = The North Pacific, whose delegate currently is Francois Isidore and has over 900 endorsements (which is the most that any delegate has).
IA = Imperium Anglorum, the delegate of Europe, who is at nearly 400 endorsements.
Together, just these two delegates provide around 1/6 of the total votes counted so far in this voting.

Oh, I do know the North Pacific.

Still, that's just two delegates, individual votes and Amerion outvote the whole against total at the moment.

[Bears Armed]

Unfortunately another decent resolution goes down the tubes

Where's the point in a resolution that just mandates talks on this subject at least once every ten years, when in fact we could pass multiple resolutions that actually do the things that those talks are supposed to be about during those years anyhows?

[WayNeacTia]

Unfortunately another decent resolution goes down the tubes

Where's the point in a resolution that just mandates talks on this subject at least once every ten years, when in fact we could pass multiple resolutions that actually do the things that those talks are supposed to be about during those years anyhows?

How exactly does this prevent any of that? It doesn't even block anything. All it mandates was that talks take place every 10 years, the WA pick up the tab, nations send someone capable of thinking and breathing at the same time and everyone act in good faith. How does that block anything you are suggesting? If anything it would encourage more legislation on the subject. This was likely the least harmful and least intrusive resolution on the books.

[Texkentuck]

GO AND VOTE

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This proposal has been filed to the General Assembly Repeals Board.
NOTE: at 0324 BST on the 20th of July 2021, this proposal reached quorum with Enlais' approval, the 54th all told.
NOTE 2: as of 1815 BST on the 28th of July 2021, this proposal had 104 approvals, double the number required for quorum.

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Alexander Smith, Tinhamptonian Delegate-Ambassador to the World Assembly: There will not be a replacement from the Tinhamptonian delegation, if that was not obvious from the final clause.

OOC 1: Post number 8,500. w00t.
OOC 2: Regarding the FIRMLY REFUSING clause... the end of this post contains a comparison of the relevant provisions of GA#26 and GA#221.

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Repeal "On Multilateral Trade Talks"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.

Category: Repeal

Target: GA#221

Proposed by: Tinhampton

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General Assembly Resolution #221 “On Multilateral Trade Talks” (Category: Free Trade, Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Noting that Article 1 of GA#221 requires that the World Assembly organise "multilateral trade negotiations... with the mandate of reducing protectionist measures between all member nations" on a decadal basis, and that its Article 3 tasks members with deploying "at least one qualified delegate to these negotiations,"

Concluding that GA#221 not only fails to require members to actually subscribe to free trade agreements, but in fact allows member state delegates to its negotiations to attempt to reach such agreements about exceedingly minor categories of goods and services with other delegates, so long as they meet Article 4's requirement that they "make a good faith effort... to come to mutually beneficial agreements which are in the best interests of all national populations involved" in doing so,

Firmly refusing to applaud GA#221's goal of "reducing protectionist measures between [member]s," given that GA#26 "World Assembly Economic Union" - the third article of which had similar provisions to that of GA#221 - was repealed by GA#45 exactly because of the damage that the WA-sanctioned reduction of such measures can cause to the economies of the least developed members, and

Believing that individual members are more than capable of negotiating their own free trade agreements - comprehensive or otherwise - without having to be babysat by the WA in the process...

The General Assembly hereby repeals GA#221 "On Multilateral Trade Talks."

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This space reserved for previous drafts, if any.

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Articles 1 and 5 of On Multilateral Trade Talks:

1. Declares that multilateral trade negotiations must be hosted at the World Assembly at least once every ten years, with the mandate of reducing protectionist measures between all member nations; [...]

5. Notes that any agreement arising from these negotiations is binding on all member nations which consent to that agreement.

Article 3 of World Assembly Economic Union:

3. AUTHORIZES the WATC to implement a process for the gradual elimination of protectionist devices restricting the trade of all goods, services, raw materials, commodities and labor, including but not limited to tariffs, duties, subsidies, subventions and quotas employed by WA member nations.

- The process will be conducted through a series of meetings convened by the WATC at its own discretion, but at least one per decade, with the goal of eventual elimination of all protectionist devices employed by WA member nations;

- Decisions arrived at by the WATC in the scheduled meetings are binding;

Repeal World Assembly Economic Union, in relevant part:

APALLED that the resolution makes no reference to developing nations (only to nations in "severe economic crisis"), not recognizing the importance of tariffs, subsidies, and other such “protectionist devices” to the improvement of developing nations’ domestic nonessential industry, which is vital to economic expansion and advancement

NOTING that Resolution #26 only benefits the few nations with powerful nonessential industries, effectively out-competing the minor industries of less developed nations due to forcibly unrestricted borders

The Parliament of Texkentuck is surprised to see this atrocity being removed.The Union of Capitalist Conservative Republic supports this repeal and don’t care if there will be a replacement.


Texkentuck congratulates Tinhampton


President Bram W. Schirkophf
Texkentuck Monarchy Republic Federation
UCCR

Honestly, if the U.C.C.R had it's way every bit of legislation would be repealed and replaced with the standards of the U.C.C.R. Won't happen this day because it's a growing force that will shock this WA when it applies it's force to convey power metholds. Any nation that want's to be an associated with the U.C.C.R or join the U.C.C.R message the Texkentuck Government....

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THE CONSTITUTION OF TEXKENTUCK AND UCCR- UCCR MAY OPT OUT OF ARTICLES 1-10....


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[Sylh Alanor]

I must admit, I am surprised that everyone was totally fine with a NatSov clause for the first time since I've been following the WA.

[Greater Cesnica]

I must admit, I am surprised that everyone was totally fine with a NatSov clause for the first time since I've been following the WA.

I suppose it's because the justification of the clause wasn't rooted in NatSov thinking necessarily.

[Kurogasa]

I must admit, I am surprised that everyone was totally fine with a NatSov clause for the first time since I've been following the WA.

Here's hoping it becomes a trend.

[Texkentuck]

I must admit, I am surprised that everyone was totally fine with a NatSov clause for the first time since I've been following the WA.

Here's hoping it becomes a trend.

The ambassador states- "It's very surprising NatSov in and IntFed out for the benefit of free trade amongst the WA. Our nation hopes this is a trend as well. Cheers to sovereignty protected by the assembly.... "Vonvorkinkophfburg raises a glass of Texkentuck Vodka to Solute." in a sigh after the solute we will see if the replacement is as just :/

The ambassador drinks the shot down and an assistant fills up his glass....





Ambassador- Gen. William W. VonVokinkophfburg

[Sincluda]

I must admit, I am surprised that everyone was totally fine with a NatSov clause for the first time since I've been following the WA.

I have become quite comfortable with NatSov when it is more of an add-on than an important part of a repeal. This is mostly thanks to World Assembly Border Policy, where I thought that border policy was something that the World Assembly could not efficiently legislate on.