Tuesday, January 10, 2017

CNBC: Alibaba Aims to Create 1 Million US Jobs in Next 5 Years
 
Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., on
Monday met with president-elect Donald Trump to talk about a plan to create 1 million U.S. jobs in the next five years.
The meeting at Trump Tower in New York included a discussion on Alibaba's U.S. expansion plans, according to spokespeople for both Alibaba and Trump cited by news channel CNBC.

Alibaba is the latest company that has pledged to create U.S. jobs since Trump was elected on a platform to make the country more hospitable to economic growth. The Republican candidate also criticized trade deals with China for being harmful to U.S. factory workers.
Alibaba's job plans follow those by carmaker Fiat Chrysler, which last week said it will invest $1 billion in Michigan and Ohio plants, adding 2,000 workers. Ford reversed a plan to invest $1.6 billion in Mexico, while Japanese tech giant Softbank repeated its plans to create 50,000 U.S. jobs after meeting with Trump.

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