Trump-Xi summit live: US president preparing to meet China’s leader with trade, Taiwan and the Iran war set to dominate talks

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The president is also travelling with a large contingent of business leaders that reportedly includes: Elon Musk , Tesla CEO and Space X CTO Jensen Huang , Nvidia CEO Tim Cook , Apple CEO Kelly Ortberg , Boeing CEO Dina Powell McCormick , Meta president and vice chairman Larry Fink , Blackrock chairman and CEO Other banking, finance and tech executives Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the Oval Office in May last year. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP So who else travelled with Trump on Air Force One to China ? According to a partial list provided by the White House: US secretary of state Marco Rubio , defence secretary Pete Hegseth and senior adviser Stephen Miller . Also onboard were Eric and Lara Trump , plus an array of White House advisers, strategists, speech writers and communications executives. (From left) Eric and Lara Trump, Oval Office operations director Walt Nauta and Marco Rubio in Washington DC as they prepared to leave for China. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters One of Trump’s pressing concerns as he visits Beijing is how to find a way to reopen the strait of Hormuz , through which half of China’s crude oil passes. China has been more insulated from the energy shock than other Asian countries, thanks to its diversified energy mix and large stockpiles. …