Tesla, Nvidia and a dozen other CEOs join Trump in Beijing seeking China deals
The business delegation accompanying Donald Trump to Beijing includes Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and the heads of more than a dozen large US companies. CEOs are pushing for tariff relief, eased chip-export rules and broader access to the Chinese market. The outcome of the talks could reshape US-China technology and energy trade.
Trump's visit to China features the broadest US business delegation in years. Elon Musk of Tesla, Jensen Huang of Nvidia and senior executives from Boeing and Apple are travelling with the president to Beijing. The group is seeking concrete progress on several strands of the US-China economic relationship.
Key items on the agenda include capping reciprocal tariffs, easing controls on advanced-chip exports and expanding Chinese purchases of US farm and energy goods. Progress on Boeing wide-body orders is also on the table, with both sides signalling potential announcements.
Investors are watching closely for the joint statement that will follow the talks. A tariff truce could lend support to supply chains and technology stocks. A failure to produce results would, by contrast, combine with the uncertainty caused by the Iran war and add to market volatility.
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