Elon Musk and Tim Cook among CEOs expected to accompany Trump on China trip

US President Donald Trump is expected to bring a host of top business and technology industry executives on his trip to China this week. Among those set to join the president on his official trip to Beijing are Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, Larry Fink of BlackRock, as well as other executives from Meta, Visa, JP Morgan, Boeing, Cargill and more. In total, 17 US executives will join Trump on the trip, a White House official with knowledge of the plans told the BBC.The trip is seen as important for the US, as Trump will meet with President Xi Jinping at a time of growing economic and technological animosity between the two countries.In addition to Musk, Cook and Fink, the full list of the executives set to join Trump as part of the official US delegation to China is as follows:Dina Powell McCormick, president and vice chair of MetaKelly Ortberg, president and chief executive of BoeingRyan McInerney, chief executive of VisaStephen Schwarzman, chief executive of BlackstoneBrian Sikes, chief executive and chairman of Cargill Jane Fraser, chief executive of Citi Chuck Robbins, chief executive and chairman of Cisco Jim Anderson, chief executive of CoherentHenry Lawrence Culp, chief executive of GE AerospaceDavid Solomon, chief executive of Goldman SachsJacob Thaysen, chief executive of IlluminaMichael Miebach, president of MastercardTogether, the executives represent a swath of US business interests, from social media and consumer hardware, to computer chips and commercial manufacturing. Representatives of the 17 companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.