Stoa Policy Debate: S.A.F.E. Act (Cuts Arms Exports) (NEG)

Presidents, most recently Trump, typically use “emergency” exceptions to federal laws on arms exports to bypass Congressional oversight and just get the arms deals done.  The SAFE Act (S.1945) restricts the number of countries that can have “emergency” exemptions and restricts the definition of emergencies.  The plan enacts a bill proposed in Congress but never enacted.   It was specifically directed at Saudi Arabia (the S.A. in “SAFE” stands for Saudi Arabia) but it would also apply to Taiwan as well, since they forgot to put Taiwan on the list of countries exempt from it.  The NEG brief is mostly disadvantages to cutting US arms exports to Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.