From Elon Musk to Tim Cook, here's the full list of top execs joining Trump on his China trip this week
From Elon Musk to Tim Cook, here's the full list of top execs joining Trump on his China trip this week
Naomi Buchanan Wed, May 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM UTC
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US President Trump greets China's Vice President Han Zheng as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stand by.Alex Wong/Getty Images -
Donald Trump is traveling this week to China to meet with President Xi Jinping.
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are among the more than a dozen business leaders joining.
The talks are expected to focus on AI, rare earth minerals, and more.
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.
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.@elonmusk via X
Here's the list of business leaders that are heading to China as part of the US delegation, per a White House official:
Apple CEO Tim Cook
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink
Blackstone CEO and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg
Cargill CEO Brian Sikes
Citi CEO Jane Fraser
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins
Coherent CEO Jim Anderson
GE Aerospace CEO H Lawrence Culp
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon
Illumina CEO Jacob Thaysen
Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach
Meta president and vice chairman Dina Powell McCormick
Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
Visa CEO Ryan McInerney
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.
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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.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images
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.
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