Alibaba.com, which began 20 years ago as a “yellow pages” directory of China-based manufacturers, evolved to become the online marketplace for cross-border business-to-business (B2B) commerce. Most of the over 150,000 sellers are based in China. More than a third of the 10 million active buyers on the platform are based in the U.S. Those buyers tend to be small and midsized businesses (SMBs). Alibaba.com has been a cross-border business from the beginning and has seen substantial international growth over the last three years. Outside of China, the top markets for buyers based on transa...