AAPL Up 0.72% as Cook, Musk, Huang Join Trump’s China Delegation

On May 13, Reuters reports confirm Apple CEO Tim Cook, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Tesla’s Elon Musk, and executives from over a dozen firms like Boeing, Cisco, and BlackRock will join President Trump’s China trip, driving AAPL +0.72%, NVDA +0.61% intraday. The developing story began May 11 with Bloomberg citing White House invites to Musk and Cook plus leaders from Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and Citigroup for the May 13-15 visit. Expanded May 12 White House confirmation added semiconductors (Qualcomm, Micron) and payments (Mastercard, Visa), signaling pushes for Xi to invest in U.S. and order planes, soybeans amid trade de-risking optimism.