Ross to protect US workers, tear up bad trade deals if confirmed as commerce secretary
Trump's nominee seen as pragmatic, whose knowledge will help in renegotiating bad deals
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WITH a panel of senators questioning him, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross stayed on message: If confirmed as President Donald Trump's commerce secretary, he would protect American workers and tear up bad trade deals that harmed US industry.
And yet, for more than a decade, those same trade deals helped Mr Ross amass a fortune across the globe - in countries such as Mexico and China, among others. In fact, Mr Ross has sometimes invested overseas in ways that Mr Trump condemns.
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