Trump invites tech CEOs on China trip |
Trump invites tech CEOs on China trip
Elon Musk, Tim Cook head to China with Trump
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook and more than a dozen other business leaders are set to join President Trump on his trip to China later this week, according to a White House official.
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Trump, who is traveling to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday and Friday, plans to bring along a coterie of prominent business and technology executives.
The guest list includes BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach and Visa CEO Ryan McInerney.
Also joining the president are Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, Cargill CEO Brian Sikes, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins, Coherent CEO Jim Anderson, General Electric CEO Larry Culp, Illumina CEO Jacob Thaysen, Meta president Dina Powell McCormick, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra and Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon.
Trump similarly brought along a contingent of business leaders to his trip to Saudi Arabia last May. Some of the executives traveling to Beijing also made the trip to Riyadh, including Musk, Schwarzman, Fink, Fraser, Ortberg and Powell McCormick.
The Beijing trip, which was originally scheduled for early April, was postponed amid the U.S. war with Iran. As Washington and Tehran struggle to reach a lasting deal, the conflict threatens to weigh on Trump amid the high-stakes meeting.
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