Now they've really lost big! The Netherlands is in a panic, desperately hoping to meet with Chinese officials for talks.
The Netherlands might have taken a major hit in the case of Nexperia. Anshide China suddenly issued a statement, announcing that it will no longer accept any instructions from the Netherlands and will operate independently.
This has now become a big problem — 70% of Nexperia Semiconductor's production is within China, so after all the effort, the Netherlands only controls an empty office, which is of little practical use. WenTai Technology may then revoke Nexperia's headquarters in the Netherlands and establish a new headquarters in China, while also dismissing Dutch senior executives.
The most critical point is that the current headquarters of Nexperia Semiconductor in the Netherlands has no production capacity, and cannot control the factories in China. This means it cannot deliver chips to automotive factories such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and General Motors, and the entire daily operation will come to a standstill. Now the Netherlands is really panicking.
Recently, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Vincent Karamans, publicly stated during an interview on the Dutch TV program Buitenhof that he expects to meet with senior Chinese officials within a few days to specifically discuss how to resolve the impasse at Nexperia Semiconductor.
Karamans emphasized that the Chinese side may think the Netherlands is colluding with the United States to interfere in the affairs of this company, but he explained that the Netherlands' actions were only aimed at preventing the former Chinese CEO of Nexperia from transferring the business and intellectual property outside of Europe. He
also specifically mentioned that Chinese automakers also rely on the supply of chips from Nexperia Semiconductor, and both sides are interdependent, so everyone hopes to find a solution as soon as possible.
According to statistics, the production bases of Nexperia in China contribute more than 70% of the total output. Karamans revealed that Dutch diplomats have been working hard to mediate, and this meeting has been upgraded to a high-level ministerial dialogue, showing how urgent the Netherlands is — they don't want to ruin Sino-Dutch relations over this issue, and they are also afraid of affecting their own economic gains.
The Netherlands wants Chinese to obediently accept asset confiscation, but doesn't want to pay any cost themselves. Even the White House wouldn't dare to imagine such a thing.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846468278850569/
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