Washington — Billionaire and former Trump administration official Elon Musk is one of the high-powered business leaders who have been invited to be a part of the U.S. delegation to China this week, according to a list of names from a White House official.
President Trump is meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing for a high-stakes meeting as uncertainty over the war with Iran roils global oil markets and supply chains. Musk and other business leaders in the U.S. delegation have significant business interests in China.
Others invited to be a part of the delegation include:
Apple’s Tim Cook
BlackRock’s Larry Fink
Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman
Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg
Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon
Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick
Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra
Qualcomm’s Christiano Amon
Illumina’s Jacob Thaysen
Mastercard’s Michael Miebach
Visa’s Ryan McInerney
Cargill’s Brian Sikes
Citi’s Jane Fraser
Cisco’s Chuck Robbins
Coherent’s Jim Anderson
GE Aerospace’s H. Lawrence Culp
Mr. Trump on Monday said he plans to talk about economic and energy matters.
“I have a great relationship with President Xi,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office. “We’re doing a lot of business, but it’s smart business. We used to be taken advantage of for years with our previous presidents. And now we’re doing great with China. We make a lot of money with China.”
The president delayed his trip to China due to the war with Iran. On Monday, Mr. Trump blasted the Iranians’ response to a U.S. proposal to bring the war to an end, calling it “unacceptable” and “garbage.” He also said the ongoing ceasefire is “unbelievably weak” and “on life support.”
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to note that the executives have been invited to be a part of the delegation, and have not necessarily committed to participating.
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