Trump Adds Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang To China Summit Delegation
President Trump invited Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to join his Beijing summit trip on May 12, 2026, and Huang boarded Air Force One during a refueling stop in Alaska.[1]
The White House's Monday list of 16 chief executives traveling with the president did not originally include Huang.[1] Nvidia has been lobbying U.S. and Chinese officials for permission to sell advanced AI chips to China amid U.S. national security concerns.[1]
On May 12, 2026, Trump phoned Huang and invited him to join the trip, and Huang flew to Alaska to board Air Force One during a refueling layover en route to Beijing.[1] Trump previously approved sales of an older generation of Nvidia chips to China in summer 2025, but China has not yet approved purchases.[1]
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- On May 12, 2026, President Trump phoned Jensen Huang and invited him to join the China summit trip.
- Huang flew to Alaska and boarded Air Force One there late May 12 during a refueling layover en route to Beijing.
- The White House's Monday list of 16 CEOs traveling to China did not originally include Huang.
- Nvidia has been lobbying both U.S. and Chinese officials for permission to sell AI chips to China amid national security concerns.
- Trump previously approved sales of an older generation of Nvidia chips to China in summer 2025, but China has not yet approved purchases.
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