"NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang will not join President Donald Trump's business delegation to China this week, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a source familiar with the planning. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are among more than a dozen US executives travelling with the president, who is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on 13 May for formal state meetings on 14 and 15 May."
"The White House has reportedly steered the agenda toward agriculture, manufacturing, and commercial aviation, including potential Boeing aircraft orders, rather than the AI chip-export disputes that have dominated US-China technology policy for the past three years. Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping during the visit."
"Huang has been an unusually visible AI-industry counterpart for the Trump administration over the past twelve months. NVIDIA's CEO has appeared alongside the president at multiple events and travelled with Trump on prior overseas trips, including to the Gulf. NVIDIA 's exclusion from the China delegation is therefore being read as a deliberate signal rather than an oversight."
"The chip-export question remains the central friction in US-China technology policy. NVIDIA's most advanced GPUs are restricted under US export controls for sale into China; the company has developed regulator-compliant variants but has continued to lobby the administration for tighter integration between national-security objectives and commercial freedom. Trump and Huang met in March to discuss export limits."
Jensen Huang will not join President Donald Trump’s US business delegation to Beijing for meetings with Xi Jinping. Tim Cook of Apple and Elon Musk of Tesla are among more than a dozen executives traveling with Trump, who arrives on 13 May for state meetings on 14 and 15 May. The White House has reportedly directed the agenda toward agriculture, manufacturing, and commercial aviation, including potential Boeing aircraft orders, rather than AI chip-export disputes that have dominated US-China technology policy for three years. NVIDIA’s advanced GPUs remain restricted under US export controls for China, and the company has continued lobbying for tighter alignment between national-security goals and commercial freedom. Huang has previously appeared with Trump at multiple events and traveled with him on earlier trips, making the exclusion notable.
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