Elon Musk Calls US-China Talks in Beijing “Wonderful”

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk praised the high-stakes meetings between US and Chinese delegations in Beijing led by President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping saying they are going brilliantly and already producing strong early results. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang echoed that positive sentiment, telling reporters both leaders were simply incredible.

Tech Giants Step Inside the Great Hall

It was not just a diplomatic summit it was a boardroom moment on a geopolitical scale. Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, walked out of Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday with a broad smile and a clear message. The US-China talks, he said, are going “wonderful” and they are already delivering real results.

Musk was among a small group of top American executives who sat inside the room as President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their bilateral discussions. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang were also present during those opening talks a remarkable gathering of tech and business power inside one of China’s most iconic political landmarks.

Huang Calls Both Leaders “Incredible”

Jensen Huang did not hold back either. As he stepped out of the Great Hall, the Nvidia boss told reporters that both Xi Jinping and President Trump “were incredible” during the discussions. His words signalled that the mood inside the talks was far warmer than many analysts had expected given the years of trade tensions and tariff battles between Washington and Beijing.

Trump’s Mission: Open China’s Doors

Before departing for Beijing, Trump made his priority crystal clear. He told reporters he would ask Xi Jinping as his very first request to “open up” China to American companies. That ambition shaped the entire delegation Trump brought with him.

Accompanying Trump on the trip were 16 CEOs from some of America’s most powerful corporations. The list included Musk, Cook, Huang, Boeing president Kelly Ortberg, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, and BlackRock’s chairman Larry Fink a delegation that looked less like a diplomatic entourage and more like a Fortune 500 summit.

Xi Sets the Tone: Partnership, Not Rivalry

Inside the Great Hall, Xi Jinping opened with a tone that was cooperative but firm. He told Trump that stable ties between the world’s two largest economies benefit the entire planet. “When we cooperate, both sides benefit; when we confront each other, both sides suffer,” Xi said in remarks open to the media.

Trump responded warmly. “You’re a great leader sometimes people don’t like me saying it, but I say it anyway,” he told Xi. Trump later described the summit as possibly “the biggest summit ever.”

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Taiwan and Trade: The Harder Conversations

Not everything in Beijing was smooth. Xi used his opening remarks to deliver a pointed warning over Taiwan. “The Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations,” he stated. “If mishandled, the two nations could collide or even come into conflict.”

On the trade front, Washington arrived with a wish list Boeing aircraft, agricultural goods, and energy exports to China. Beijing, meanwhile, wants the US to ease its restrictions on semiconductor exports and chipmaking equipment. The two sides are also reportedly weighing an extension of a one-year tariff pause that had helped cool earlier tensions.

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A Summit Unlike Any in Years

This marks the first visit by a US president to Beijing since Trump’s own 2017 trip nearly a decade ago. Xi rolled out a full red-carpet reception an honour guard, a military band, a cannon salute, and rows of schoolchildren waving flowers and flags. The grand welcome set the stage for what everyone in attendance seemed to agree is a genuinely historic moment one that Musk, for his part, summed up in a single word: “wonderful.”

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