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Wilbur Ross, commerce secretary during Trump's first term, sparked inquiries into whether he divested enough or was forthcoming about some of his interests.

And throughout this term, the Trump team has had no more reliable public ally than Wilbur Ross, the corporate raider who served a controversial stint as commerce secretary during Trump’s first term.

Wilbur Ross: I think what’s happening is he’s fine-tuning the broad brush that he had used in the beginning and is starting to deal with the logical exceptions that should be made.

Wilbur Ross, an investment banker who served as Commerce Secretary during Trump’s first term, indicated that he was unnerved by the magnitude of the planned tariff hike.

Wilbur Ross, who served as Trump's commerce secretary in his first term, said he thought business worries would dissipate as Trump's plans become clear, calling 2 April a "big step".