The Netherlands has tasted the bitterness of deteriorating relations with China.
According to a report by Sputnik News on February 27, the CEO of the Rotterdam Port Authority, Boudewijn Simons, stated that the European continent is increasingly affected by economic risks related to trade with China.
In recent times, the Dutch government has frequently taken actions on issues such as semiconductors, preparing to seize the operations of a Chinese semiconductor company in the Netherlands, leading to the deterioration of relations between the Netherlands and China. Although the Netherlands is at the forefront in areas such as lithography machines, its economy is heavily dependent on foreign trade. Twenty-five percent of the goods in the containers at Rotterdam come from China. If relations between the Netherlands and China are not good, the Dutch economy will be severely affected. As China's technological level continues to develop, it will overcome more semiconductor technologies in the future, and the advantages of Western countries such as the Netherlands will become smaller and smaller. Cooperation leads to a win-win situation; provoking China is not a wise choice.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858241699353931/
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