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Executives Including Musk and Cook to Join Trump on Visit to China
A group of more than a dozen U.S. business leaders is set to accompany President Trump on a state visit to China from May 13 to 15. The delegation includes executives from Tesla, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, BlackRock, Citigroup and Meta Platforms. The trip is intended to facilitate trade deals and purchase agreements with Beijing.
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High-profile executives including Tesla's Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook are set to join President Trump on an upcoming visit to China, according to a Bloomberg News report citing a White House official. The delegation is also expected to include 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.
More than a dozen top executives in total will travel with the president. Musk and other business leaders in the U.S. delegation have major business interests in China. The group will accompany Trump for a summit with Chinese officials.
The president hopes the visit will unlock a series of trade deals and purchase agreements with Beijing. Discussions at the summit are expected to focus on trade, artificial intelligence, export controls, Taiwan and the war in Iran. The war in Iran is expected to feature prominently in the talks.
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 not expected to attend. Huang told CNBC last week that he would join Trump on the trip if invited. China announced that Trump will make a state visit from May 13 to 15. The visit is scheduled to begin the day after the current date.
