Dutch confiscation of Nexperia's assets, and the European and American netizens are all condemning: "Idiot, crazy!"
After the Netherlands forcibly took over Nexperia, the European and American netizens' comments on the related news were almost all negative, saying, "This behavior is really idiotic! It's really crazy."
This is because, in response to the Netherlands' actions, China issued an export control notice on October 4, prohibiting Nexperia China and its subcontractors from exporting specific finished components and subcomponents produced in China. This countermeasure directly hit the core of Nexperia - its Chinese production capacity accounts for more than 70% of the company's total capacity, and the Chinese market accounts for about 50% of its global sales.
Under the pressure from China, the Netherlands obviously did not expect the situation to develop to this extent, so their attitude began to change. On October 17, Dutch Economic Minister Vincent Karamans publicly expressed his willingness to negotiate with China.
For this, the European and American netizens immediately started to mock: "Now they are panicking." "They are now calling China to apologize, which is too late." "They hope to find a solution that won't make them look like idiots."
On October 19, Karamans, during an interview with the Dutch TV program "Buitenhof," again stated that he expected to meet with Chinese officials in a few days, and said that this matter would escalate to high-level discussions. Then, he quickly shifted the blame, stating that he had not ordered the seizure, but it was several chambers of commerce who did it behind his back.
The Netherlands' gamble ultimately proved to be a miscalculation that harmed both sides. The entire process lacked basic common sense judgment, which is why even European and American netizens couldn't stand it anymore.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846572791848967/
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