US president is accompanied by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Elon Musk to attend business summit with Xi Jinping
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\nUnited States President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by an entourage that included Nvidia\u2019s Jensen Huang and Elon Musk, after pledging to urge China\u2019s Xi Jinping to \u201copen up\u201d to US business at the start of their two-day summit.
\nHe was welcomed by Chinese dignitaries, a tightly choreographed formation of military honour guard and dozens of Chinese students waving US and Chinese flags as he disembarked Air Force One in the waning hours of twilight on Wednesday.
\nPausing midway down the red carpet as the students chanted \u201cwelcome, welcome, warm welcome\u201d in Mandarin, he punched the air and smiled broadly \u200bbefore departing in his limousine.
\nTrump is seeking to snag some economic wins on the \u200cfirst visit by a US president to China in nearly a decade and maintain a fragile trade truce to prop up public approval ratings bruised by his war with Iran.
\nThe CEOs accompanying Trump are drawn mainly from companies seeking to resolve business issues with China, such as Nvidia, which has struggled to get regulatory permission to sell its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips there.
\n\u201cI will be \u200basking President Xi, a Leader of extraordinary distinction, to \u2018open up\u2019 China so that these brilliant people can work their magic,\u201d he said in a post on Truth Social, referring to the CEO delegation. \u201cI will make that my very first request.\u201d
\nAsked about Trump\u2019s post, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China\u2019s foreign ministry, said Beijing stands ready to \u201cexpand cooperation, manage differences \u200band inject more stability and certainty into the turbulent world\u201d.
\nTrump\u2019s two days of meetings will include a grand reception at the Great Hall of the People, a tour of the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Temple of Heaven, and a state banquet.
\nApart from trade, the talks will cover a host of sensitive subjects from the Iran war to US arms sales to Taiwan, the democratically governed island claimed by China.
\nTrump is widely expected to encourage \u200bChina to convince Tehran to make a deal with Washington to end the conflict, though he has said he did not think he would need its help.
\nChina reiterated on Wednesday its strong opposition to US \u200barms sales to Taiwan, with the status of a $14-billion package awaiting Trump\u2019s approval still unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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