Trump presses Xi to open China to US firms (opens in new tab)

President Trump opened a two-day state visit to Beijing by pressing Chinese President Xi Jinping for wider market access for U.S. companies, with trade, technology controls, Iran and Taiwan also on the agenda. The visit is the first by a sitting U.S. president to China in nearly a decade, and Trump traveled with executives including Elon Musk, Nvidia chief Jensen Huang and Apple CEO Tim Cook. At a meeting with U.S. chief executives at the Great Hall of the People, Xi said China's door would “...