The former President of the World Food Prize Foundation, Kenneth Quinn, is calling on both the U.S. and China to work together on the issue of global food security.

Quinn, who is also a former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, believes agriculture is a key area of common interest between the two countries.

CGTN’s Dan Williams spoke with Quinn in Iowa following the recent tour of Midwest states by Qin Gang, China’s Ambassador to the U.S.