Republican candidates will likely not be hindered by the tariff tit for tat between Donald Trump and China that some warn could start a global trade war as long as the U.S. economy remains strong, the president’s new chief economic adviser said Wednesday.

Lawrence Kudlow, a former Reagan aide who started last week, also suggested Trump’s proposed steel and aluminum tariffs could be little more than a move to get China to the negotiating table over its trade practices. And he suggested a U.S. trade deal with Canada and Mexico could be near.

“Everybody wants to solve this the best way they can,” Kudlow told Roll Call about the U.S.-China trade spat. “We don’t want to hurt businesses. We don’t want to hurt districts. We don’t want to hurt congressmen. And I think, at the end … of my mythical rainbow, they’re all going to come out ahead.”

“Look, I’m a contrarian on this. I work in the White House once every 35 years. What Ronald Reagan taught me 35 years ago is the key to politics is growth and the state of the economy,” he said. “And we are improving by leaps and bounds.”

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