Apple CEO Tim Cook returns to China as Beijing prepares to fete CEOs

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is visiting China for at least the third time this year, showing up at a suppliers’ conference on the same day a top Beijing official convened an important meeting with a group of foreign CEOs.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang is expected to meet with top corporate executives on Monday ahead of the event, just as companies worldwide are bracing for President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on Chinese goods.