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Sep 28, 2023 · 1 min read

TikTok Shop is going hard for the holidays, but not everyone is pumped about it.

> Quickly, quietly, TikTok is handing China the economic checkmate it needs to sunset the idea of American Dynamism for good.

Geopolitics isn’t my arena, but I’m not high on TikTok Shop.

Because: the intention to produce their own goods in China has already been stated. Plus, China has no incentive to create a platform that benefits Western brands over Chinese companies.

Having a product go big on TTShop seems like an invitation to have it copied and branded by the platform to compete with you.