# A joint statement, co-authored by Professor Michael Spence and more than 30 economists, addressing the US-China trade war is cited

1 Faculty News October 28, 2019 ![The Business Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/TheBusinessTimes-logo-feature.jpg?itok=eJSPh1Ga)>

Excerpt from [The Business Times](http://en.businesstimes.cn/articles/120952/20191028/prominent-economists-abandon-trade-issues-forge-new-path.htm) -- "Prominent economists from China and the US including Joseph Stiglitz, [Michael Spence](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/a-michael-spence), and three other Nobel winners say that the two largest economies should abandon trade issues and instead agree to form a new path for more latitude for both countries."

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