Commerce nominee Ross: Tackling NAFTA is first priority, then China

Published January 18, 2017 4:10pm ET



Wilbur Ross, the banker-turned-investor and President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Commerce Department, told a Senate hearing Wednesday that his first priority should he get confirmed would be to address the flaws in the North American Free Trade Agreement. Addressing trade imbalances with China would be the next issue.

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