President Trump will be joined in China this week by 16 chief executives, including Elon Musk and Tim Cook.
The White House distributed a list on Monday of business leaders who are scheduled to be in Beijing with the president. Mr. Trump is slated to depart Washington on Tuesday and hold meetings with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, later in the week.
After the White House sent out its list, Cisco said its chief executive, Chuck Robbins, was unable to attend.
The inclusion of Mr. Musk in the delegation is the latest sign that the world’s richest man has restored his relationship with the president. Mr. Musk served as a top adviser to Mr. Trump and oversaw the administration’s effort to overhaul the federal bureaucracy. He departed the administration last May after a falling out with the president, but the two men have rehabilitated their relationship in recent months.
U.S. officials have said Mr. Trump wants to discuss the creation of a board of investment and a board of trade with China, and the delegation includes business leaders across a wide range of industries.
The delegation list:
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Tim Cook of Apple
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Larry Fink of BlackRock
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Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone
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Kelly Ortberg of Boeing
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Brian Sikes of Cargill
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Jane Fraser of Citi
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Jim Anderson of Coherent
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Larry Culp of GE Aerospace
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David Solomon of Goldman Sachs
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Jacob Thaysen of Illumina
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Michael Miebach of Mastercard
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Dina Powell McCormick of Meta
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Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron
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Cristiano Amon of Qualcomm
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Elon Musk of Tesla
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Ryan McInerney of Visa
