2017年CRI Alibaba aims to help 1 million American small businesses and farmers: Jack Ma

 

The meeting took place Monday, just less than two weeks prior to the inauguration¹ of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump². Trump called the meeting productive and praised Ma as a great entrepreneur.

"We had a great meeting. And [Ma is] a great, great entrepreneur, one of the best in the world. He loves this country and he loves China. And Jack³ and I are going to do some great things."

Jack Ma kept a low profile, saying they talked about small businesses.

"We mainly talked about small business, young people, and exporting American agricultural products to china. We also think, that the relationship between China and the U.S. should be strengthened, be more friendly, and better."

The Mid-West will be given priority as Alibaba is planning to expand its business in the U.S. The company disclosed that it aims to help one million small businesses and farmers sell to China and Asia through its colossal⁴ e-business platforms in the next 5 years.

Trump has criticized international trade and U.S. trade with China in particular, for the loss of jobs. That has raised concerns across the spectrum⁵ as business and academic circles are worried about the future of global trade and China-U.S. relations.

Jack Ma had this suggestion.

"I advise and suggest that we can go through the business community to understand the situation better and do it in a better way."

However, the company's ambitious expansion plan has met new obstacles. The U.S. Trade Representative last month put Alibaba back on a black list of counterfeit⁶ marketplaces. The move is surely likely to hurt Alibaba's international business.

Regardless, the company's stock rallied, on news of the meeting.

Xiaohong, CRI, Washington DC.

1 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

4 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。

5 spectrum   

n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

参考例句：

• This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
• We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。

6 counterfeit   

vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的

参考例句：

• It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
• The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。