https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/how-apples-tim-cook-became-techs-top-diplomat.html

Apple's chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, may be the leader of the world's most valuable public company, but lately he has had to act a lot like the tech industry's top diplomat.

Last month he visited the Oval Office to warn President Trump that tough talk on China could threaten Apple's position in the country. In March, at a major summit meeting in Beijing, he called for "calmer heads" to prevail between the world's two most powerful countries.