Goldman Sachs returns from China after CEO David Solomon joins Trump’s trade delegation

Goldman Sachs flew from Weihai Dashuibo Airport to Teterboro on May 14-15, a 14-hour transpacific hop that brought the bank’s Gulfstream G650ER — and, presumably, its chairman and CEO David Solomon — back to the New York area. The aircraft had been in eastern China since at least May 13, when it arrived from Anchorage.

The return trip lands the same week President Donald Trump visits China with more than a dozen U.S. corporate chiefs, including Solomon, per a Semafor report and confirmed by CRBC News. The White House expects announcements on Chinese purchases of Boeing jets and U.S. soybeans. Solomon met Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang in Beijing in January, and Goldman Sachs has been deepening its China presence amid a record M&A market — the bank advised on $1.48 trillion in global deals in 2025, per Reuters.

The flight caps a busy week for Goldman Sachs’ fleet: N650WS shuttled between Teterboro, San Francisco, Anchorage, and Weihai, while the shorter-range G280 worked the New York-Toronto corridor. For a bank that thrives on cross-border deal flow, the China trip was less diplomacy than itinerary.