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In March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that could force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban in U.S. app stores. Much of the related discussion and debate has centered around American data security and speech rights, but a potential move also highlights something else: TikTok is growing its focus on e-commerce, but the interplay of tech giants and geopolitics is squeezing smaller merchants. Over the past few months, merchants \u2014 many of them from China \u2014 looking for an Amazon alternative have flocked to TikTok to peddle clothes, cosmetics, electronics and a variety of other products to U.S. buyers, by way of TikTok Shop. In interviews with TechCrunch, sellers from Shenzhen \u2014 the Chinese megacity that\u2019s a major hub for Amazon merchants \u2014 \u00a0said they felt a collective sense of frustration over rising geopolitical tensions and \u201chelplessness\u201d about a potential TikTok ban. \u201cThe situation is not within our control,\u201d a retailer specializing in maternity and baby products told TechCrunch. \u201cIt\u2019s just difficult to know how things will develop.\u201d With existing supply chains hard to shift, \u201cwe just have to play i… Click below to read the full story from TechCrunch
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In March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that could force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban in U.S. app stores. 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