Alibaba has previously campaigned to bring more small US businesses onto the company’s sites, but this is the first time Ma has discussed specific targets. Trump and Ma emerged from their meeting at Trump Tower in New York together. About 7,000 US brands including wholesaler Costco Wholesale Corp and apparel seller Levi’s currently sit on Alibaba’s Tmall, an Alibaba spokeswoman said. “It’ll require a big effort,” Clark said of Ma’s prediction that the platform could help create one million US jobs. Alibaba did not mention whether Trump and Ma spoke about an ongoing US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into Alibaba’s accounting practices.

Source: New Strait Times January 11, 2017 00:08 UTC