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- Albert Bourla plans to attend Trump's White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
- The dinner marks Trump's second meeting with Xi this year, aimed at stabilizing a relationship strained by trade, Taiwan, Iran, and global concerns about artificial intelligence.
- Expected tech guests include Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Sundar Pichai (Alphabet), Sam Altman (OpenAI), Tim Cook (Apple), Elon Musk (Tesla), Jensen Huang (Nvidia), and Michael Dell (Dell Technologies).
- Banking leaders Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase) and Jane Fraser (Citigroup) are also expected to attend, giving Wall Street a seat alongside Silicon Valley.
- Bloomberg reported Meta Platforms' Mark Zuckerberg will also attend, though Reuters said it could not immediately verify that report.
Why it matters: A dozen-plus named CEOs from tech, pharma, and banking share a table with Trump and Xi on Thursday — giving those industries direct private access to both leaders on AI, pharma supply chains, and trade. The roster reveals which sectors both governments want in the room as the two sides work through substantive bilateral issues.
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