President-elect Donald Trump has invited technology industry leaders to a round table next week in New York.
The invitation for the Dec. 14 summit was sent by Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, and transition team adviser Peter Thiel. Among the CEOs who plan to attend the meeting are Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins and Oracle Co-CEO Safra Catz.
The tech industry, which bet heavily on Hillary Clinton in the months leading up to the presidential election, is looking to build bridges to the incoming administration.
The Trump transition team did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for Thiel declined to comment.
Trump last week announced the formation of a business council chaired by Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of investment firm Blackstone Group and comprised of the leaders of major U.S. corporations including GE, GM and Boeing.
On the other hand Trump’s controversial phone call with Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wendoes not signal a change in China policy and simply reflected “a way for us to express our respect for the U.S. election,” the leader of this East Asian nation said here Tuesday.
“One phone call does not mean a policy shift,” Tsai told USA TODAY. “We all see the value of stability in the region.”
Trump’s 10-minute phone call Friday with Tsai overturned decades of diplomatic protocol. It was the first known contact between a U.S. president or president-elect and a Taiwanese leader since the U.S. ended formal relations with the island in 1979.Great Social Security news for millions
