The list released Monday includes many CEOs with direct business before China. Kelly Ortberg of Boeing (BA<\/a>) is expected to be along for the trip as additional purchases by China of Boeing planes and engines are widely expected to be announced this week.<\/p>\n Likewise, agricultural giant Cargill will be represented by CEO Brian Sikes, with Chinese agriculture purchases also a topic of discussion.<\/p>\n The inclusion of Elon Musk of Tesla (TSLA<\/a>) is also sure to garner intense focus after his high-profile fallout with Trump last year \u2014 even as the world\u2019s richest man has appeared alongside Trump multiple times in recent months.<\/p>\n Notably absent from the attendees is Nvidia\u2019s (NVDA<\/a>) Jensen Huang, who is not expected to be in attendance<\/a> even as China has angled for access to the chipmaker\u2019s leading-edge Blackwell chips.<\/p>\n Huang\u2019s lack of attendance may stem from worries among more hawkish national security leaders in the White House regarding his willingness to push Trump toward opening up the Chinese market, said Henrietta Levin, senior fellow at CSIS and the director for China under the Biden administration\u2019s National Security Council.<\/p>\n The expected list of this week\u2019s attendees, while significant, is also a smaller contingent compared with the groups accompanying Trump on some recent trips.<\/p>\n It was one year ago that Trump traveled to the Middle East and crossed paths with about 60 CEOs while he was there<\/a> during stops that featured a heavy focus on dealmaking from Saudi Arabia to Qatar to the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n The current headcount is also scaled back from Trump\u2019s last visit to Beijing in 2017, during his first term, when the US leader was accompanied by 29 business leaders.<\/p>\n The tightened headcount may come from a schism within the White House between Trump\u2019s personal instinct for \u201cunfettered, enthusiastic\u201d dealmaking with China and administration officials who are more hawkish on national security and don\u2019t want to see US business interests further tied up with Beijing, Levin told Yahoo Finance.<\/p>\n This time around, the White House has tried to downplay expectations for major new deals and investment. A senior US official told\u00a0 reporters on Sunday that \u201cthere\u2019s not a proposal out there for some massive investment\u201d from China to the US, saying it \u201chas not been on the negotiating table.\u201d<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the full delegation list, according to a White House official:<\/p>\n Tim Cook of Apple (AAPL<\/a>)<\/p>\n Larry Fink of BlackRock (BLK<\/a>)<\/p>\n Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone (BX<\/a>)<\/p>\n Kelly Ortberg of Boeing<\/p>\n Brian Sikes of Cargill<\/p>\n Jane Fraser of Citi (C<\/a>)<\/p>\n Jim Anderson of Coherent (COHR<\/a>)<\/p>\n Larry Culp of GE Aerospace (GE<\/a>)<\/p>\n David Solomon of Goldman Sachs (GS<\/a>)<\/p>\n Jacob Thaysen of Illumina (ILMN<\/a>)<\/p>\n Michael Miebach of Mastercard (MA<\/a>)<\/p>\n Dina Powell McCormick of Meta (META<\/a>)<\/p>\n Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron (MU<\/a>)<\/p>\n Cristiano Amon of Qualcomm (QCOM<\/a>)<\/p>\n Elon Musk of Tesla<\/p>\n Ryan McInerney of Visa (V<\/a>)<\/p>\n Cisco (CSCO<\/a>) CEO Chuck Robbins had been invited, according to the White House, but the company said he is unable to attend due to the company\u2019s earnings schedule.<\/p>\n Ben Werschkul is Washington correspondent for Yahoo Finance covering economic policy and the intersection of financial issues and the nation’s capital. He has covered Washington for over 20 years as a reporter and video producer, working previously at the New York Times and CNN.<\/p>\n Jake Conley is a breaking news reporter covering US equities for Yahoo Finance. Ben Werschkul is a Washington correspondent for Yahoo Finance.<\/p>\n![\"US](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/21b73d0e-3c9d-40e4-aa95-5b33a4fa25a9.jpeg\")
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. (REUTERS\/Evelyn Hockstein) \u00b7 Reuters \/ REUTERS <\/p>\n Nvidia founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, speaks during the 29th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on May 4, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon \/ AFP via Getty Images) \u00b7 PATRICK T. FALLON via Getty Images <\/p>\n