By Leonie Kidd
Publication Date: 2026-05-13 05:44:00
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang gestures during the NVIDIA GTC global AI conference in San Jose, California, U.S. March 17, 2026.
Carlos Barria | Reuters
Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London.
Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Open, and it is also a welcome for Jensen Huang to President Trump’s China trip — it seems.
A few Truth Social posts and accusations later, here’s how that last-minute addition to the U.S. delegation traveling to Beijing came together…
What you need to know today
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has joined U.S. President Donald Trump’s trip to China, after initial indications the executive had not been invited.
After seeing the media coverage of Huang’s absence from the delegation, Trump called the Nvidia executive and asked him to join, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC.
Huang flew to Alaska to board Air Force One, the source said.
Trump is bringing more than a dozen U.S. executives to Beijing this week, where he is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday and Friday.
And while this about-turn is leading headlines today, the war in Iran continues to cast a shadow over the trip.
Concerns over the ongoing tensions in the Middle East are expected to eclipse tariff woes during the trip. While Chinese exporters have spent the past year scrambling to diversify away from the U.S. as punishing tariffs have upended their business models, now the Iran war has heaped fresh pressure on those businesses, choking…
