Alibaba CEO pledges 1 million U.S. jobs, meets Trump
By Reuters
10 January 2017 |
7:57 am
Alibaba founder Jack Ma meets with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and says the two discussed ways to connect businesses in the American Midwest with new customers in Asia, a plan the company predicts will create one million jobs.
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