# Professor Michael Spence explains why he believes the US-China trade negotiations will continue for some time

1 Faculty News November 5, 2018 ![CNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_034412.gif?itok=MRidxYS3)>

Excerpt from [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/05/us--china-trade-talks-will-go-on-for-some-time-nobel-laureate-says.html) -- "'I think nobody knows what they (the U.S.) would view as a successful conclusion including, by the way, the Chinese. There is some confusion about the more precise aims of what this exercise are,' he said."

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