Tim Cook among CEOs confirmed for President Trump’s China trip

The White House has reportedly confirmed that Apple CEO Tim Cook will be among the executives accompanying President Trump on his trip to China this week. Here are the details.

Cook confirmed for Trump’s China trip

As reported by The New York Times, the White House says Tim Cook will be among more than a dozen chief executives accompanying President Trump on his trip to China this week. The president is scheduled to leave Washington tomorrow, May 12, and meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later in the week.

According to the NYT, the delegation list includes:

• Tim Cook of Apple
• Larry Fink of BlackRock
• Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone
• Kelly Ortberg of Boeing
• Brian Sikes of Cargill
• Jane Fraser of Citi
• Jim Anderson of Coherent
• Larry Culp of GE Aerospace
• David Solomon of Goldman Sachs
• Jacob Thaysen of Illumina
• Michael Miebach of Mastercard
• Dina Powell McCormick of Meta
• Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron
• Cristiano Amon of Qualcomm
• Elon Musk of Tesla
• Ryan McInerney of Visa

The Times added that Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins was included on the White House’s initial list, but his company later said he would be “unable to attend.”

As we noted last week, Tim Cook’s attendance is particularly significant for a few reasons.

When Cook skipped Trump’s trip to the UAE last year, it reportedly irritated the president. Soon after, Trump threatened a 25% tariff on iPhones not made in the United States, which the Times reported was likely payback for Cook’s absence.

Cook’s attendance this time around could avoid another public flare-up with Trump during his final months as CEO, as well as reinforce the company’s pledge that he’ll remain involved in engaging with policymakers around the world as executive chairman.

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