Economics
Trump’s Top Diplomat Would Bring Complex History With China From Exxon Days
- Tillerson also has years of expertise dealing with China
- Exxon has operated with Vietnam in disputed South China Sea
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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 territorial 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.