# Professor Michael Spence shares his views on how China is handling its trade conflict with the US

1 Faculty News September 25, 2018 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-09-25/nyu-s-spence-says-u-s-has-capacity-to-hurt-china-in-short-run-video) -- (:10) "China is struggling with the American tariffs, they're trying to find a way through this. The United States, I think by general agreement, has the capacity to hurt them in the short run..."

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