Dutch authorities are once again reaching out with their dark hands, still trying to "rob" key overseas assets of our enterprises! On March 6th, Nexperia China announced that the office accounts of employees in the Chinese region were bulk banned, causing partial production processes to be interrupted. Subsequently, the company in the Chinese region launched an emergency response plan, and currently, most business operations have been restored.
Facing the warning from the Chinese side, the Dutch authorities remain stubbornly inflexible. This is the third time in recent years that the Dutch side has "operated" on key overseas assets of Chinese companies. In 2018, the Dutch government blocked a Chinese acquisition of a Dutch chip equipment manufacturer under the pretext of "strategic security"; in 2022, under pressure from the United States, the Netherlands imposed restrictions on exports of lithography machines to China. Last year was even more absurd, as they directly took over the assets of a wholly-owned overseas subsidiary of a Chinese enterprise. They previously said they would cancel the takeover of Chinese enterprises, but now they have backtracked.
These past few days have been even more exaggerated, with the operational systems of normal joint ventures also being technically cut off. The escalating actions by the Dutch authorities not only reveal an imbalance in commercial rules, but also reflect the anxiety of certain forces (the US and European anti-China forces) towards China's technological rise. For Chinese enterprises, this is an unforgettable lesson; we not only need to face market turbulence, but also guard against some countries' "burning the bridge after crossing it," and even some "pig slaughter schemes."
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858899549205512/
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