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An open cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, Australia. (Photo: Max Phillips/Jeremy Buckingham MLC)

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Trump’s Pick For Commerce Secretary May Have The Biggest Conflicts Of Them All

Wilbur Ross has made a fortune in steel — and the Commerce Department will soon make decisions that will affect his firms.

December 17th, 2016
Derek Kravitz
December 17th, 2016
By Derek Kravitz
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross talks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Many of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks are titans of industry with significant potential business conflicts of interest. But there is one in a class by himself: Commerce secretary choice Wilbur Ross. Ross has made a fortune in the steel industry 2014 an industry of which the Commerce Department has significant oversight. Indeed,

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