President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing this week with roughly 17 US chief executives for meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a White House official confirmed Monday.
The state visit runs from May 13 to 15, according to Chinese state media. The delegation spans technology, finance, aerospace, and agriculture sectors central to US-China trade talks.
Wall Street and Tech Leaders Anchor the Roster
Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and Larry Fink are among the confirmed travelers, with the roster also featuring Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, and Citigroup’s Jane Fraser.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and Meta executive Dina Powell McCormick will also join the trip. Chip and aerospace suppliers round out the delegation.
GE Aerospace’s H. Lawrence Culp, Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon, Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra, and Cisco’s Chuck Robbins are listed attendees. Cargill CEO Brian Sikes represents US agricultural exporters, who depend heavily on Chinese soybean buyers.
Visa’s Ryan McInerney and Mastercard’s Michael Miebach lead the payments contingent, alongside Coherent’s Jim Anderson and Illumina’s Jacob Thaysen.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is markedly missing from the list, a move that has since lifted the chipmaker’s stock prices.
Trade, Tech, and a Quiet Crypto Footprint
Trump aims to convert the trip into purchase commitments on aircraft, soybeans, and semiconductor export rules. Boeing and GE Aerospace bring jetliner orders that have long served as tangible wins in past summits.
Cargill carries agricultural leverage that could narrow the bilateral trade gap with Beijing. Apple, Micron, and Qualcomm anchor talks on chip exports and supply chains exposed to US-China tariffs.
“The Financial Powerhouses: Managing “De-Risking” Jane Fraser (Citi), David Solomon (Goldman Sachs), Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone), Larry Fink (Blackrock) These firms are in Beijing to protect their existing licenses and push for “reciprocal market access.” In exchange for Trump potentially easing secondary sanctions on Chinese banks (linked to Iran), these firms are signaling that Wall Street is still open for Chinese investment,” Paul Barron highlighted.
Roughly 40% of the delegation has notable digital-asset exposure. BlackRock runs the largest spot Bitcoin ETF, Tesla holds 11,509 BTC, and Visa and Mastercard are scaling stablecoin settlement rails.
If BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF empire and Goldman’s crypto trading desks gain from eased U.S.-China financial flows, spillover could turbocharge sentiment, with markets likely to price in Wall Street’s full crypto embrace.
Outcomes on tariffs, AI export controls, and rare earths will signal whether private-sector influence can reset US-China economic ties.
The talks coincide with heightened market sensitivity to tariff headlines that have repeatedly moved crypto prices.
