CHINA-US STRATEGIC COMPETITION AND ITS IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION: AN ANALYSIS OF PAKISTAN AND UKRAINE

Abstract

This article aims to examine the China-US strategic competition and its impacts on agricultural cooperation between the two powers. Over the past two decades, China`s comprehensive influence across the world has challenged the US hegemony that it has held for three decades. The US perceives China`s persistent economic growth and diplomatic influence as the main challenge to its supremacy in the world. The strategic competition between the two powers has also resulted in a trade war in recent years. China has been one of the top trading partners for the past two decades. Since, the early 2000s, China has been one of the main countries for the US for its agriculture exports. In the same way, the US remains to be an important destination for Chinese agricultural exports. The China-US strategic game not only caused a consequential distraction to the agricultural trade, but it also had direct negative impacts on the economies of the two countries. This article finds that agriculture is a key area of China-US trade relations and that the strategic competition between the two powers has direct implications for the agricultural sector. The findings of this research also revealed that the US-China trade war has hindered agriculture cooperation, and has implications for Ukraine and Pakistan as well.