Alibaba, an e-commerce giant in China, wants to make new friends in the U.S. Especially friends with money.

The firm is expected to begin offering shares Friday for $68 a pop on the New York Stock Exchange, in one of the biggest IPOs ever. At that price, the company could raise almost $22 billion, on par with the Agricultural Bank of China’s record-setting $22 billion 2010 offering, and handsomely beating Facebook’s $16 billion in 2012.

Outside of the investor community, Alibaba is also making nice with a growing number of U.S. consumers and tech companies, as part of an international expansion that could accelerate following its listing.

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