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May 11, 2026 4:00 PM

Elon Musk Joins Trump's China Trip — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Not Invited

SpaceX and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk will join President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week, while NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang was not invited, according to a Reuters report citing a White House official.

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Reuters reported the delegation includes a long list of corporate heavyweights, including: 

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) CEO Larry Culp

Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) CEO Kelly Ortberg

BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:BLK) CEO Larry Fink

Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX) CEO Stephen Schwarzman

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) CEO Chuck Robbins

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) CEO Sanjay Mehrotra

Mastercard Inc. (NYSE:MA) CEO Michael Miebach

Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) CEO Cristiano Amon

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) CEO Ryan McInerney

Huang's absence stands out given Nvidia's central role in the U.S.-China technology fight. 

Trump has developed a strong relationship with the Nvidia chief and previously agreed to allow the company's H200 artificial intelligence chips to be ...