FULL LIST: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, other CEOs ‘joining’ Trump’s delegation to China

Billionaire founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the outgoing CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, are among several top American business leaders invited to join US President Donald Trump’s delegation to China this week, according to a list shared by a White House official.

The visit comes as Trump prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing for talks expected to focus on trade, energy, and economic relations. 

The meeting is also taking place as tensions surrounding the war with Iran continue to affect global oil markets and supply chains.

Many of the executives attending the trip have major business interests in China.

Others invited to be part of the delegation include:

1. Tim Cook of Apple Inc.
2. Larry Fink of BlackRock
3. Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone Inc.
4. Kelly Ortberg of Boeing
5. David Solomon of Goldman Sachs
6. Dina Powell McCormick of Meta Platforms
7. Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron Technology
8. Cristiano Amon of Qualcomm
9. Jacob Thaysen of Illumina
10. Michael Miebach of Mastercard
11. Ryan McInerney of Visa Inc.
12. Brian Sikes of Cargill
13. Jane Fraser of Citigroup
14. Chuck Robbins of Cisco
15. Jim Anderson of Coherent Corp.
16. H. Lawrence Culp Jr. of GE Aerospace

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President Trump on Monday said he plans to discuss economic and energy matters during the meeting.

“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 had earlier delayed his China trip because of the conflict involving Iran. On Monday, Trump criticised Iran’s response to a US proposal aimed at ending the war.

He called the response “unacceptable” and “garbage,” saying the ongoing ceasefire is “unbelievably weak” and “on life support.”

(CBS)