Board #20 - Balancing Between Powers: How U.S.–China Trade Dependence Shapes UN Voting Alignment

• In Event: 74-301 - Poster Session: China’s Global Rise: Strategy, Influence and Geopolitics

Brief Overview

This study examines how economic dependence on China and the U.S. shapes countries’ voting alignment in the UN General Assembly, revealing that trade ties affect general diplomacy but weaken under strategic and security pressures.

Author

• Grayson Jang, Wheaton College, Wheaton