"Wilbur Ross, center, waits to be introduced by US Sen. Marco Rubio, right, at his confirmation hearing on January 18. Ross is a billionaire investor <a href=""http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/30/investing/wilbur-ross-commerce-secretary-trump/"" target=""_blank"">known for buying up distressed and failing companies.</a> At his confirmation hearing, he said he wants countries that resort to ""malicious"" trading tactics to be ""severely"" punished. Specifically, he <a href=""http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/18/investing/wilbur-ross-hearing-trump-commerce-secretary/index.html"" target=""_blank"">pointed the finger at China,</a> whom he called ""the most protectionist country of very large countries."""