Nvidia (NVDA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang has joined U.S. President Donald Trump’s trip to China.
Much had been made in recent days of the fact that Huang had been excluded from a business delegation accompanying Trump to China.
But after seeing the media coverage of Huang’s absence from the delegation, Trump called the Nvidia CEO himself and personally asked him to participate, according to media reports.
Huang quickly flew to Alaska to board Air Force One and travel with the U.S. president and other business leaders that include Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk.
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.
In a social media post, Trump confirmed Huang was onboard Air Force One and denied that the Nvidia boss had not been invited previously, as reported by media outlets.
Huang’s participation in the trip is seen as important given that Nvidia is effectively shut out of the Chinese market currently.
Nvidia’s most advanced microchips that are widely used for training artificial intelligence (A.I.) models have faced tighter U.S. restrictions on China sales in recent years.
The company has said that U.S.-government-approved versions of its microchips and processors had yet to be allowed into China by officials in Beijing.
China is building its own microchips to counter Nvidia and create A.I. models such as DeepSeek that do not rely on U.S. products.
Huang has said that gaining greater access to the Chinese market would be a major boost to Nvidia and its global chip sales.
NVDA stock has gained 17% this year to trade at $220.78 U.S. per share.
