Export controls may have been the economic weapon of choice in 2025, but the Dutch minister at the centre of the Nexperia crisis has admitted he was blindsided by Beijing when it blocked the company’s chips from leaving China. “An assessment was made of possible counterreactions; this wasn’t the most likely reaction from China,” said…
The crisis surrounding the chipmaker Nexperia erupted into a war of words on Friday, with the company’s Chinese and Dutch arms trading barbs, while Beijing slammed the Dutch minister involved. It shows the company’s Chinese and European arms at war, despite claims of a diplomatic resolution to the crisis last week. It also shows the…
China is demanding more significant concessions from the government of the Netherlands in the chip crisis involving the Dutch company Nexperia. The Netherlands has not yet taken any noticeable measures to prevent the violation of rights and interests of Chinese firms and to restore the stability of global supply chains, the Ministry of Commerce in…
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands’ economy minister, Vincent Karremans, said on Thursday he trusts computer chips made by Dutch chipmaker Nexperia will reach customers in Europe and the rest of the world in the coming days. A shortage of Nexperia chips following a dispute with China over ownership and control of the company has disrupted auto…