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EDA Office of Foreign Trade • Riverside County, California • USA
were invited to present, to the
mostly manufacturer crowd.
But did not attend. Alibaba, a
Chinese founded and owned
company responded with their
in- country’ representative.
Alibaba generated $1.4 billion in
profit in its latest fourth quarter,
based on Yahoo filings. Yahoo
owns 24% of the company.
“
These seminars helped provide
no-nonsense, real and current
ways to help build your global
business. With the information
given, a company could be
up and exporting in days not
months. The internet is the
great equalizer when it comes
to business and globally it
gives American companies
the edge it needs” said Paul I.
Smith, Economic Development
Specialist and District International
Trade Officer for the Small
Business Administration.
The Riverside County College of
Foreign Trade and its partners
surveyed the attendees and
got top marks for program
organization, level of topic,
and quality of information and
speaker effectiveness. One
company responded, “This was a
fantastic program and I learned
John McCarthy, Director of Marketing, iHerb.
