Business delegation spanning tech, aviation and finance joins Beijing trip as trade, investment and supply chains top agenda
2-MIN READ2-MINLucy Quagginin New YorkPublished: 5:49am, 12 May 2026US President Donald Trump is expected to be accompanied by more than a dozen business leaders, including Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and Tim Cook of Apple, during his trip to China this week.
The White House on Monday released the list of leaders set to travel to China alongside Musk and Cook, including Larry Fink of BlackRock, Kelly Ortberg of Boeing, Dina Powell McCormick of Meta and Ryan McInerney of Visa.
The delegation spans key industries, including aviation, technology, banking and social media, as the Trump administration seeks to negotiate trade agreements and manage the flow of sensitive goods between the world’s two largest economies.
The list also includes Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone, Brian Sikes of Cargill, Jane Fraser of Citi, Jim Anderson of Coherent, Larry Culp of GE Aerospace, David Solomon of Goldman Sachs, Jacob Thaysen of Illumina, Michael Miebach of Mastercard, Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron and Cristiano Amon of Qualcomm.
Additionally, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins was invited but is unable to attend as the company is due to release earnings this week. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was noticeably absent from the list.
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