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
Mexico City
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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