Top U.S. CEOs worth nearly $1 trillion accompany Trump to China

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President Trump arrived successful China alongside a delegation of billionaire U.S. executives, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, underscoring the precocious stakes for American companies arsenic Washington and Beijing negociate implicit trade, artificial quality and the Iran war.

The executives — whose combined nett worthy approaches $1 trillion — pb companies with large concern interests successful China, contempt years of commercialized disputes betwixt the world's 2 largest economies.

Musk, whose luck stands astatine astir $688 billion, is the world's wealthiest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Huang, whose nett worthy totals astir $183 billion, is besides portion of the U.S. delegation, according to a list of attendees provided to CBS News by the White House.

Musk and others person confirmed their attendance, the Associated Press reported, citing a White House authoritative who was not authorized to talk publically astir the matter.

Musk traveled with Mr. Trump aboard Air Force One, on with Nvidia's Huang. Filmmaker Brett Ratner, who directed the documentary "Melania," was besides connected the flight.

Additional U.S. concern leaders who are traveling to Beijing see Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, with a nett worthy of $47.5 billion, and Apple CEO Tim Cook, whose luck stands astatine $2.9 billion. Other executives who volition be see Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Meta President and Vice Chair Dina Powell McCormick, according to The Associated Press.

Nvidia produces chips that are helping substance the AI boom, and Huang and different executives presumption the travel arsenic an accidental to fortify ties successful the Chinese market.

Mr. Trump confirmed successful a social media post late Tuesday that Huang had joined him aboard Air Force One portion highlighting the concern leaders traveling with him to China.

Here are the executives Mr. Trump said are "journeying to the Great Country of China" with him.

Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
Larry Culp, CEO of GE Aerospace
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock
Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia
Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX
Kelly Ortberg, CEO of Boeing
Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone
Brian Sikes, CEO of Cargill
David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs

Mr. Trump said successful the aforesaid station that helium plans to inquire President Xi "to 'open up' China truthful that these superb radical tin enactment their magic, and assistance bring the People's Republic to an adjacent higher level!"

Edited by Aimee Picchi

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