Some downtime: Obama grilling Ma at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Manila.
MANILA: US President Barack Obama took time off at an Asia-Pacific summit on Nov 18 for an unusual task – putting questions to Chinese Internet billionaire Jack Ma and a young Filipina entrepreneur on government-business ties in a panel discussion.
Obama joked comfortably with the eccentric founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, which is looking to make inroads into foreign markets, including the United States.
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