High-profile executives, including Tesla's Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook, are reportedly set to join President Donald Trump on his upcoming visit to China, according to a Bloomberg News report citing a White House official.
Delegation of Business Leaders
The delegation is also expected to include prominent figures such as David Solomon of Goldman Sachs Group, Stephen Schwarzman from Blackstone, BlackRock's Larry Fink, Jane Fraser of Citigroup, and Dina Powell McCormick from Meta Platforms. Musk and other business leaders in the U.S. delegation have major business interests in China.
This group of more than a dozen top executives will accompany Trump for his summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The U.S. president hopes this visit will unlock a series of trade deals and purchase agreements with Beijing.
Key Discussion Topics
Discussions at the summit are likely to focus on trade, artificial intelligence, export controls, Taiwan, and the war in Iran. The war is expected to feature prominently in the talks, given that China is Iran’s biggest oil buyer and Trump has called on Beijing to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The companies involved did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is reportedly not expected to attend. Huang told CNBC last week that he would join Trump on the trip if invited.
Official Visit Details
China said Trump will make a state visit from May 13 to 15, according to the Xinhua official news agency. The companies included in the delegation are: Apple (Tim Cook), BlackRock (Larry Fink), Blackstone (Stephen Schwarzman), Boeing (Kelly Ortberg), Cargill (Brian Sikes), Citi (Jane Fraser), Cisco (Chuck Robbins), Coherent (Jim Anderson), GE Aerospace (H Lawrence Culp), Goldman Sachs (David Solomon), Illumina (Jacob Thaysen), Mastercard (Michael Miebach), Meta (Dina Powell McCormick), Micron (Sanjay Mehrotra), Qualcomm (Cristiano Amon), Tesla/SpaceX (Elon Musk), and Visa (Ryan McInerney).
