: White House says it doesn’t know if Bill Gates gave heads-up about his upcoming meeting with China’s Xi Jinping

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday said she didn’t have much information when she was asked about Microsoft MSFT co-founder Bill Gates reportedly planning to meet Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a trip to China. “I don’t know if Bill Gates has reached out to us or if we have reached out to him,” she told reporters, adding that Gates can speak for himself about his trip.

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