LETTER FROM WASHINGTON: DECEMBER 2016

摘要

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson’s nomination to secretary of state has been greeted, predictably enough, by gushingrnendorsements of his qualities from the oil industry, both domestically and internationally, alongside howls of protest fromrnenvironmental organizations. If he were to be appointed – he faces resistance in Congress over his close ties with Russianrnleaders and oil executives, including President Vladimir Putin – it would certainly amount to one of the US oil industry’srngreatest ever coups.