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Chinese internet giant Alibaba, Asian counterpart of American Amazon, is looking at Liège airport to set up its European bridgehead, with a gigantic logistic and distribution centre of several hectares at the north side. Nothing is signed as such, but all lights are on green, newspaper L’Echo writes.
Several sources told L’Echo that negotiations are ‘in an advanced stage’ after Alibaba management met with Walloon Minister of Economy Yves Jeholet (MR) and several contacts between Prime Minister Charles Michel (MR) and Alibaba owner and CEO Jack Ma when the latter visited Belgium. Both will meet again soon, L’Echo says.
Partnership signed
‘Proof of concept’ is a first step set by Liège Airport and Cainiao Smart Logistics Nework, owned for 51% by Alibaba and being considered as its logistics branch, signing an important partnership on Thursday.
Cainiao announced its intention to create logistics hubs in different parts of the world: Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Hangzhou (China), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Moskow (Russia) with Liège (Belgium) its operating base for Europe. These six hubs should enable Cainiao to expand its strongholds from 30 cities to 100 cities worldwide. Read more
Source: NEWMOBILITY
