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Trump Lands in Beijing With $16 Trillion of Corporate Firepower

History was made yesterday when Air Force One touched down in Beijing carrying not just a U.S. President, but arguably the most powerful corporate delegation ever assembled on a single trip.

President Trump arrived in Beijing around 7:50 p.m. local time, greeted by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, a military honour guard, and 300 Chinese children waving American and Chinese flags. It's the first visit by a sitting U.S. president since Trump's own 2017 trip.

The headline isn't the diplomacy—it's the guest list. The CEOs onboard represent a combined market capitalisation of roughly $16.4 trillion—about 3.5 times the size of Alphabet. The roster reads like the index card of the U.S. economy: Apple's Tim Cook, Tesla's Elon Musk, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Boeing's Kelly Ortberg, Meta's Dina Powell McCormick, Cargill's Brian Sikes, plus executives from BlackRock, Blackstone, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, Micron, Qualcomm, and Visa. Huang joined at the last minute, flying to Alaska to board Air Force One after Trump personally called him.

Trump's stated mission is blunt. "I will be asking President Xi to 'open up' China so that these brilliant people can work their magic," he posted en route. The agenda spans tariffs, rare earths, artificial intelligence, the Iran war and Taiwan, with expected announcements on large Chinese orders of American planes and soybeans—"Boeing, beef and beans," as Senator Steve Daines put it.

Markets are already pricing in optimism: Nvidia closed up 2.3%, Micron 4.8%, Tesla 2.7%, and Boeing 1.6% on the news. Whatever emerges from Thursday's bilateral talks, the optics alone mark a generational moment in U.S.-China commerce. Watch Clip

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