US President-elect Donald Trump welcomes Elon Musk as he arrives to attend the launch of the sixth test flight of a SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas on November 19, 2024.
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President Donald Trump has invited executives from some big US companies – including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, blackrock’s CEO Larry Fink and boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg will join him on a trip to China this week, according to a White House official.
He is also expected to join Trump’s delegation for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, of Kargil Brian Sykes, Citigroup’s jane fraser, of consistent Jim Anderson, GE Aerospace H. Lawrence Culp Jr., of goldman sachs David Solomon, Illumina’s Jacob Thyssen, MasterCard’s Michael Mibach, meta platform Executive Dina Powell McCormick, micron of technology Sanjay Mehrotra, Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon and of visa Official Ryan McInerney spoke on condition of anonymity because the list has not been announced.
a spokesperson for cisco Said CEO Chuck Robbins was invited by the White House to join the trip, but is unable to attend due to the company’s earnings schedule.
The officials will attend Trump’s visit, during which he has said he hopes to secure a series of trade deals and purchase agreements with Beijing.
The summit agenda is expected to include trade, artificial intelligence, export controls, Taiwan and the Iran war, with both sides entering talks after several weeks of tension.
Attendees are noticeably absent NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said in an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer last week that “Whatever the president decides to announce, we should let him make the announcement… If invited, it would be a privilege, it would be a great honor to represent the United States.”
General Motors, disney And alphabet They also include companies with interests in China that the White House did not list as those whose officials are expected to attend.
On Friday, Citigroup’s Fraser told CNBC’s Leslie Pickler that “I think it’s very important to see engagement between two economic superpowers.” “We all need that connection,” he added.