ExclusiveTech, EV and aerospace executives likely to join Xi’s US trip to mirror Trump team

Sources say business leaders are expected to travel to Washington, but the plans may be ‘more about optics’ than concrete results

This meant that the Chinese delegation was expected to comprise business leaders from the tech, finance, EV and aerospace sectors, they said.

One source familiar with the matter said China had yet to formally commit to bringing any business leaders to Washington with Xi. But both Beijing and Washington were treating every aspect of the visit as a matter of reciprocity, including the composition of the business delegation.

When Trump travelled to Beijing in May, more than a dozen top American CEOs joined him, including the heads of Tesla, Apple, Nvidia and Boeing.