Trump Just Quietly Brought 17 Of America's Most Powerful CEOs To Beijing. You Don't Want To Miss Why

The gist

1. Bringing decision-makers directly to negotiations can close deals faster, but clashes with China's preference for layered, hierarchical diplomacy.
2. Bilyeu says the US controls access to roughly 38% of China's oil supply, giving significant leverage that media coverage tends to underplay.
3. Past mega-deals like a $2 trillion GCC pledge stalled, so judge the Beijing outcome on signed agreements and concrete investments, not headlines.
4. High marginal tax rates, like the post-WWII 90% rate, did not reliably collect more revenue as productive people relocated or found legal workarounds.