Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joins Trump's China trip after last-minute presidential invitation

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Huang boarded Air Force One during an Alaska refueling stop, joining Apple's Tim Cook and Tesla's Elon Musk on the May 13-15 state visit to meet Xi Jinping. The last-minute addition signals Nvidia's priority in U.S.-China tech diplomacy despite ongoing restrictions on H200 GPU exports to China.

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