{"id":70290,"date":"2026-05-14T02:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70290\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T02:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:03:20","slug":"elon-musk-tim-cook-and-more-top-ceos-to-join-trumps-china-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70290\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and More Top CEOs to Join Trump&#8217;s China Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump heads to China this week to meet with President Xi Jinping, and some of America&#8217;s top business leaders will be tagging along.<\/p>\n<p>\n                          Loading audio narration&#8230;\n                        <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/stocks\/nvda-stock\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nvidia<\/a> CEO <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jensen-huang-predictions-ai-dario-amodei-elon-musk-unemployment-humanity-2026-5\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jensen Huang<\/a> and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/sam-altman-testimony-elon-musk-trial-biggest-takeaways-2026-5\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>, CEO of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/stocks\/tsla-stock\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tesla<\/a> and SpaceX, are traveling <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-jensen-huang-air-force-one-trumps-trip-china-2026-5\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">with Trump on Air Force One<\/a>, the the president said in a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116565066757116256\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;other&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;outbound_click&quot;}\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\">Truth Social post<\/a> made late Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/png\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a047a167c7e83f26041b2b4&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:916,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:290}}\" alt=\"Elon Musk posted confirming\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            Elon Musk posted confirming he and Jensen Huang are the only business leaders on Air Force Once with Trump on the way to China.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2054480994015818084\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"image-source-link not-content-link\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    @elonmusk via X<br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the list of business leaders that are heading to China as part of the US delegation, per a White House official:<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Nvidia&#8217;s Jensen Huang, who was not on the list obtained by Business Insider from a White House official, is joining per the president&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s 2017 trip during his first term.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6a022421c9dd4cb81cda9406&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:8256,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:5504}}\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The visit was initially set for earlier this year, but was postponed due to the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Xi are expected to talk about AI, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-trade-inflation-tariff-volatility-commodities-metals-critical-minerals-metals-2026-2\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rare earth minerals<\/a>, and more as the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/oil-us-iran-peace-war-news-latest-short-markets-2026-5\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US-Iran war<\/a> drags on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump heads to China this week to meet with President Xi Jinping, and some of 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