US President elect Donald Trump has picked Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, to be his secretary of state. Tillerson will be the fourth businessperson–after Wilbur Ross, Steven Mnuchin and Andrew Puzder–to have joined the Trump administration and is easily the most high-profile as head of one of the largest global companies. His appointment could signal a desire on Trump’s part to reset his country’s relations with Russia. Exxon, which has been headed by Tillerson since 2006, has had a long and productive engagement with Russia, which, in 2013, honoured him with the Order of Friendship
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Can Tillerson reset US-Russia ties?
