President Donald Trump heads to China this week to meet with President Xi Jinping, and some of America’s top business leaders will be tagging along.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, are traveling with Trump on Air Force One, the the president said in a Truth Social post made late Tuesday night.
Elon Musk posted confirming he and Jensen Huang are the only business leaders on Air Force Once with Trump on the way to China.
Here’s the list of business leaders that are heading to China as part of the US delegation, per a White House official:
Finally, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, who was not on the list obtained by Business Insider from a White House official, is joining per the president’s post.
The summit is set to take place from Thursday to Friday, and will be the first time a US president will visit Beijing since Trump’s 2017 trip during his first term.
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in 2017.
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The visit was initially set for earlier this year, but was postponed due to the Iran war.
Trump and Xi are expected to talk about AI, rare earth minerals, and more as the US-Iran war drags on.