Alibaba chairman recruits U.S. companies to sell to Chinese consumers
June 20, 2017
Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba, is coming to the company’s Gateway conference in Detroit to talk to U.S. companies, including many mom and pop businesses, about succeeding in the Chinese market. Mr. Ma’s visit follows a pledge he made earlier this year to President Trump to create one million jobs in the U.S.
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