United states and china trade relations

This paper seeks to address the United States China trade relations and the international relations theory that will best describe the relationship with a close look at the theory of realism. Most of the countries in the world interact in diverse ways depending on the expected outcome of the interactions. While some countries will be driven by a desire for equality and mutual benefit especially when it comes to matters regarding international trade, other countries are driven by self-interests and do not care about the repercussions their actions will have on the later country especially when they have better economic stand than their trading partners. However, the case is different when it comes to countries which have almost equal perceived economic stand as is the case of United States and the China.

The trade relations between the two world economic giants, US and the china have been seen to benefit one country, that is, the US. This is in line with the theory of realism which explains that those countries which are able to hold powers over others will thrive since they will be able to shadow the progress of other less powerful nations(Brown). The tactics being deployed by the US on the trade with China can vividly be seen to trap Chinese progress at a time it is trying to make an impact in terms of trade on the international standards. On one side China has goodwill from the bilateral trade ties with the US but from the actions and the consequence of the reactions by the United States to spillover the impact of the bilateral relationship into other aspects of the relationship creates doubt as to whether China will continue its trade with US.

The first prioritization as it can be perceived from the United States relations with China is self-preservation while it tries to reap most out of the bilateral ties. China has started reactions by posing a stern warning over the move by the US and this means that the trade relations are becoming harder, which might result in reduced trade activities between the two countries if not to halt their bilateral relations(Xing). To China, it stands as developing nations economically though the US argues its status does not allow it to stand on the same level with other developing economies of the world in accordance with WTO standards(Liu). This creates controversy on the side China lie when it comes to economic developing since it has already surpassed the WTO standards as a developing economy creating conflict between itself and the US economic wise.