U.S. President Donald Trump will appoint Larry Kudlow as the new top economic adviser. Kudlow is currently a contributor of the business news channel CNBC and is an old acquaintance of Trump. Kudlow is known to hold tough stance on trade with China. "I must say as somebody who doesn't like tariffs, I think China has earned a tough response not only from the United States", and he thinks that “…the United States could lead a coalition of large trading partners and allies against China“.