Alibaba seeks to link US and Chinese businesses

The Chinese online sales company Alibaba is one of the global giants of e-commerce. It dwarfs Amazon in transactions – 278 million on its biggest day compared with 37 million on Amazon’s busiest.

The Chinese online sales company Alibaba is one of the global giants of e-commerce. It dwarfs Amazon in transactions – 278 million on its biggest day compared with 37 million on Amazon’s busiest..

Now the company is luring American small businesses to get connected to Chinese firms at a conference called Gateway 17.

Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reports from Detroit.