Live updates: Trump, Xi hold ‘good meeting’ on first day in Beijing

President Trump signaled in his opening remarks at a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that he’s ready to do business with China. The host of business leaders accompanying Trump is just one sign of that.

His first full day in Beijing is a busy one with a state banquet following the talks, which Trump described as “a good meeting.”

He boasted about the size of the delegation he brought, which included prominent executives like Apple’s Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg and BlackRock’s Larry Fink, among others.

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