# Professor Lawrence White discusses the United States' trade relationship with Cuba

1 Faculty News March 21, 2016 ![PIX 11 News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/pix11news.jpg?itok=muG8wdmP)>

Excerpt from [WPIX](http://pix11.com/2016/03/21/why-president-obamas-cuba-policys-effectiveness-will-need-more-than-a-visit-there/) -- "This is just the beginning, as an economist at the NYU Stern School of Business pointed out. 'They've got a lot of catching up to do,' [Lawrence White](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white) said about Cuba's economy in an interview with PIX11 News. '\[Cuba will\] achieve bigger gains. \[But\] to the extent that Americans want to spend leisure time' in Cuba, and in other ways that Americans want to take advantage of their neighbor to the south, 'It's not a zero sum game, that's for sure,' White said."

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