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But his argument, and it's a good one. youcan't have free trade with which is progrowth unless china brings down its barriers. opens up its market and stop this technology steel. >>chris: nobody is saying china isn't to blame. the question is the president's response. as you pointed out, you are a free trader. here's what you said last month when the president announced his first round of tariffs. this was in an announcement, this was real imposition of tariffs on aluminum and steel. >> tariff hikes are prosperity killers. they are taxes and the ones who suffer most are the users. >>chris: so ...

War with china over economies. whether it's textiles or furniture. they steal our intellectual property and our designs. they have been eating our lunch for a long time. it's something in politicians in both parties paid lip service to and campaigned on. this is a guy. we can debate whether this is the right way to do. this is something that he won the election on. >> [inaudible]. >> they are prosperity killers. they always have been.

About his views on the politics and the economy and he agrees with the president on many issues. he advised him on tax cuts and immigration, a big agree. when it comes to tariffs, that is a big question. he calls them prosperity killers. >> that was gary cohn's issue. >> it's hard to find a bona fide economist that likes tariffs. kudlow has called them prosperity killers and could cost five million jobs in this country. think about that. the president today saying he changed his mind. i guess we have to wait and see. kudlow big trickle-down guy. believes capitolism is a solution to all problem...

Better way to address unfair trade practices. >> the process is evolving. >> tariff hikes are prosperity killers. they always have been and always will be. >> this is "new day" can chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day." it's friday, march 9th, 8:00 in the east. president trump accepted kind of spontaneously this invitation from north korean leader kim jong un for a face-to-face meeting. this would certainly be historic, because it would be the first time a sitting u.s. president would meet with the leader of this isolated regime. >> the south koreans appla...