May. 11 at 7:07 PM
A spokesperson for Cisco
said CEO Chuck Robbins had been invited by the White House to join the trip but is unable to attend due to the company’s earnings schedule.
The executives will join Trump on the trip during which he has said he hopes to secure a series of business deals and purchase agreements with Beijing.
The summit agenda is expected to cover trade, artificial intelligence, export controls, Taiwan and the Iran war, with both sides entering the talks after weeks of escalating tensions.
Notably absent from the attendees is Nvidia
CEO Jensen Huang who said last week in an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer that “We should let the president announce whatever he decides to announce ... If invited, it would be a privilege, it would be a great honor to represent the United States.”
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