Trump's Top State Department Diplomat Would Carry Chinese Baggage From Exxon

摘要

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for top U.S. diplomat comes with Chinese geopolitical entanglements. In his favor is years of dealing with some of the country's biggest oil companies. As chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp. since 2006, Rex Tillerson has seen his company snared in ter- ritorial disputes in the South China Sea. An exploration venture with Vietnam has brought it into the cross hairs of China, one of the countries claiming the disputed waters.