Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia speaks with CNBC on Might 5, 2026.
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BEIJING — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is becoming a member of U.S. President Donald Trump’s journey to China this week, the chipmaker confirmed to CNBC, after preliminary indications the chief had not been invited.
After seeing the media protection of Huang’s absence from the delegation, Trump known as the Nvidia govt and requested him to hitch, a supply acquainted with the state of affairs advised CNBC.
Huang flew to Alaska to board Air Drive One, the supply mentioned.
Trump is bringing greater than a dozen U.S. executives to Beijing this week the place he’s scheduled to satisfy with Chinese language President Xi Jinping Thursday and Friday.
“Jensen is attending the summit on the invitation of President Trump to assist America and the administration’s targets,” a spokesperson for the chip big mentioned in an announcement. Nvidia referred to the identical remark when requested about Huang becoming a member of mid-journey in Alaska, however didn’t present a motive.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
In a social media publish, Trump confirmed Huang was on board Air Drive One and denied experiences the Nvidia boss had not been invited. He added that opening up China for U.S. companies can be his “first request” to Xi.
“I will likely be asking President Xi, a Chief of extraordinary distinction, to ‘open up’ China in order that these good individuals can work their magic, and assist deliver the Folks’s Republic to a good increased degree!” Trump mentioned, referring to the broader delegation of U.S. enterprise representatives.
Nvidia’s most superior chips, broadly used for coaching AI fashions, have confronted tighter U.S. restrictions on China gross sales over the past 4 years. The corporate mentioned in February that U.S.-government-approved variations of the chips had but to be allowed into China.
China has sought to construct its personal chips, and create AI fashions corresponding to DeepSeek that don’t depend on Nvidia. An article earlier this month within the ruling Chinese language Communist Celebration’s official journal famous that native firms needed to gradual their growth on account of U.S. chip restrictions, whereas highlighting Nvidia’s dominance available in the market for international graphics processing items.
“I nonetheless consider that we’re distant from a deal on export controls … it is constructive that he is there and he is a part of the President’s delegation, and that that that is vital for him and it is vital for the President,” Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. secretary of commerce, advised “Squawk Field Asia.”
