Trump Arrives in Beijing, BBC: Crucial Moment to Test Fragile US-China Trade Truce
US President Trump has arrived in Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Iran, trade, and US arms sales to Taiwan. The BBC reports this visit as a critical moment to test the fragile trade truce between the two nations.
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(Central News Agency, Beijing, May 13) The Associated Press reported that US President Trump arrived in Beijing tonight for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on issues including the Iran War, trade, and US arms sales to Taiwan.
CNN reported that Air Force One, the US presidential plane, landed at Beijing Capital International Airport tonight. BBC News reported that Trump's trip is the first visit by a US president to China in nearly a decade, coming at a delicate stage in US-China economic and trade relations, making it a crucial moment to test the bilateral trade truce.
According to the BBC, corporate leaders accompanying Trump on his Beijing trip include Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO), Tim Cook (Apple CEO), Elon Musk (Tesla and SpaceX CEO), Larry Fink (BlackRock CEO), Dina Powell McCormick (Meta President).
Also accompanying are Sanjay Mehrotra (Micron CEO), Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone CEO), Michael Miebach (Mastercard CEO), Ryan McInerney (Visa CEO), Jane Fraser (Citigroup CEO).
And David Solomon (Goldman Sachs CEO), Larry Culp (GE Aerospace CEO), Kelly Ortberg (Boeing CEO), Brian Sikes (Cargill CEO), Jim Anderson (Coherent CEO), among others.
The report pointed out that this visit holds significant importance for the United States, as Trump will meet with Xi Jinping amidst escalating US-China economic and technological tensions.
Notably, Jensen Huang joined the delegation at the last minute. NVIDIA's advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips are one of the core elements of US-China technological competition.
Huang is also a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, providing advice to the President alongside other business leaders such as Mark Zuckerberg (Meta CEO) and Larry Ellison (Oracle founder).
Despite ongoing US-China disputes over technology and export controls, semiconductors remain at the core of the economic relationship between the two countries.
Huang's name was not originally on the accompanying list, and NVIDIA is a major focal point in the US-China competition over chips and AI. However, surprisingly, Huang boarded Air Force One when it refueled in Anchorage, Alaska, and accompanied the delegation to Beijing.
A NVIDIA spokesperson told the BBC: "Jensen Huang was invited by President Trump to attend this summit to support the policy objectives of the United States and this administration."
According to the BBC, Trump personally called Huang yesterday morning to invite him to join after discovering that Huang was not on the original list of officials and business leaders. Trump later expressed dissatisfaction with reports that Huang had not been invited.
He posted on social media: "In fact, Jensen Huang is on Air Force One right now, and unless I ask him to get off, which is almost impossible, then the CNBC report is either false or, as is often said in politics, fake news!" (Compiled by: He Hong-ru) 1150513
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(Central News Agency, Beijing, May 13) The Associated Press reported that US President Trump arrived in Beijing tonight for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on issues including the Iran War, trade, and US arms sales to Taiwan.
CNN reported that Air Force One, the US presidential plane, landed at Beijing Capital International Airport tonight. BBC News reported that Trump's trip is the first visit by a US president to China in nearly a decade, coming at a delicate stage in US-China economic and trade relations, making it a crucial moment to test the bilateral trade truce.
According to the BBC, corporate leaders accompanying Trump on his Beijing trip include Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO), Tim Cook (Apple CEO), Elon Musk (Tesla and SpaceX CEO), Larry Fink (BlackRock CEO), Dina Powell McCormick (Meta President).
Also accompanying are Sanjay Mehrotra (Micron CEO), Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone CEO), Michael Miebach (Mastercard CEO), Ryan McInerney (Visa CEO), Jane Fraser (Citigroup CEO).
And David Solomon (Goldman Sachs CEO), Larry Culp (GE Aerospace CEO), Kelly Ortberg (Boeing CEO), Brian Sikes (Cargill CEO), Jim Anderson (Coherent CEO), among others.
The report pointed out that this visit holds significant importance for the United States, as Trump will meet with Xi Jinping amidst escalating US-China economic and technological tensions.
Notably, Jensen Huang joined the delegation at the last minute. NVIDIA's advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips are one of the core elements of US-China technological competition.
Huang is also a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, providing advice to the President alongside other business leaders such as Mark Zuckerberg (Meta CEO) and Larry Ellison (Oracle founder).
Despite ongoing US-China disputes over technology and export controls, semiconductors remain at the core of the economic relationship between the two countries.
Huang's name was not originally on the accompanying list, and NVIDIA is a major focal point in the US-China competition over chips and AI. However, surprisingly, Huang boarded Air Force One when it refueled in Anchorage, Alaska, and accompanied the delegation to Beijing.
A NVIDIA spokesperson told the BBC: "Jensen Huang was invited by President Trump to attend this summit to support the policy objectives of the United States and this administration."
According to the BBC, Trump personally called Huang yesterday morning to invite him to join after discovering that Huang was not on the original list of officials and business leaders. Trump later expressed dissatisfaction with reports that Huang had not been invited.
He posted on social media: "In fact, Jensen Huang is on Air Force One right now, and unless I ask him to get off, which is almost impossible, then the CNBC report is either false or, as is often said in politics, fake news!" (Compiled by: He Hong-ru) 1150513
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