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two entrepreneurs will have a conversation in front of an
audience on Aug 29 at the World Artificial Intelligence
Conference which will run Aug 29-Aug 31, the spokeswoman said.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Musk confirmed his attendance at the conference earlier this
month. On Twitter, he also said he intends to launch a China
unit of The Boring Company, his underground transportation
venture, on the same China trip.
The talk will come amid an intensifying war over trade and
technology between the United States and China.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday an additional
duty on some $550 billion of targeted Chinese goods, hours after
China unveiled retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S.
goods.
Tesla is one of several high profile American companies affected
by the trade war. The company is currently building a factory
for its vehicles in Shanghai.
In early 2018, Musk messaged Trump publicly on Twitter lamenting
China's 25% tariff on imported cars entering the market.
Jack Ma has been an outspoken critic of the trade war. Late last
year at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, the
e-commerce entrepreneur called the conflict "the most stupid
thing in this world".
Ma is set to formally step down from his position as chairman of
Alibaba in September.
(Reporting by Josh Horwitz; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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