In a full show of force, President Donald Trump arrived in China on Wednesday afternoon for his Thursday meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping flanked by more than a dozen U.S. business titans from Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk to Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Tim Cook of Apple, Kelly Ortberg of Boeing and Jane Fraser of Citigroup.

The corporate leaders, some of whom flew with the president on Air Force One, aim to negotiate better business terms for their companies within the Chinese market.

Ahead of the president’s arrival, China ’s top trade negotiator met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in South Korea for a whirlwind discussion.…