TikTok expands e-commerce operation into Mexico amid potential US ban

TikTok expands e-commerce operation into Mexico amid potential US ban

[South China Morning Post] - 01/6/2025

TikTok Shop’s geographic expansion south of the United States shows it is undeterred by Washington’s ‘sell-or-ban’ law.



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