U.S. Names 8 CEOs for Xi Dinner as President Begins 3-Day Washington Trip
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Updated · CNBC · Sep 22
U.S. Names 8 CEOs for Xi Dinner as President Begins 3-Day Washington Trip
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Sep 22
Summary
U.S. officials identified eight American executives expected at a Thursday Washington dinner with Xi Jinping, including Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman.
The list also includes Google’s Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk, Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook and Dell’s Michael Dell, underscoring the event’s focus on top U.S. business leaders.
Xi’s trip was confirmed late Monday by China’s Foreign Ministry and is scheduled for Wednesday through Friday, but Beijing has not disclosed which Chinese executives will attend.
Reuters reported last week that Chinese candidates under consideration included BYD, Xiaomi, CATL, Gotion, Hisense, Wanxiang, Bank of China and COFCO as U.S.-China tensions continue to constrain cross-border business.