There have been some new developments in the incident where the Dutch government seized Chinese enterprises, which has led to China suspending chip exports. However, this is far from enough.

On the 8th, Maros Sefcovic, the EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, revealed on social media that China has agreed to approve the resumption of chip supplies to the European automotive industry, but with the condition that the European buyers must commit to using these chips solely for civilian purposes.

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Sefcovic also stated that the EU is maintaining close communication with China and the Netherlands, and looks forward to establishing a "stable, enduring, and predictable" framework to ensure the full recovery of the chip supply chain.

At the same time, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce also confirmed that China has agreed to allow the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs to send personnel to China for negotiations regarding the issue of NXP Semiconductor.

However, China also emphasized that as of now, it has not seen any concrete actions taken by the Netherlands to stop infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises or to restore the stability of the global semiconductor supply chain. The Netherlands' statements cannot remain just words on paper.

It seems that recently, China, the EU, and the Netherlands have had contact and communication regarding the NXP Semiconductor issue. However, this matter cannot be easily concluded. The Netherlands must take responsibility for its actions that violated the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.

European automobile manufacturers are all hoping for Chinese chip shipments

This drama started in mid-October when the Dutch government forcibly took over a Chinese enterprise. Although the Dutch government used the excuse of "protecting national intellectual property rights" and cited an old Cold War-era law as legal basis, later media pointed out that the Dutch government's move was intended to cater to the US's export control penetration principle against China.

The facts are obvious: the Dutch government's infringement on the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises has brought nothing but harm to Sino-Dutch relations and the European industry. It is hard to find a suitable reason to explain the Dutch action except for pressure from the US or showing favor to the US.

Moreover, the Scholten government took this action right before the election — isn't it clearly a case of causing trouble and leaving the mess for the next government to clean up, while they themselves just walk away?

Karremans starts with 'The Dutch side has learned about the agreement between China and the US'

Even more amusingly, although the Scholten government firmly denies that seizing Chinese enterprises is related to the US, a recent statement by the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Vincent Karamans, reveals the true stance of the Netherlands right at the beginning:

"The Dutch side has learned about a trade agreement reached between China and the US, and welcomes the resumption of chip supplies from China. Based on constructive dialogue with China, the Dutch side will continue to maintain communication with China and closely monitor this progress."

What is wrong with Karamans' statement? On one hand, he takes credit for the resumption of chip supplies by claiming that the "Dutch side has communicated with China," while keeping silent about how the Netherlands will correct its mistakes;

On the other hand, hasn't the Netherlands always emphasized that seizing Chinese enterprises is an independent act of the Dutch side? Then, what does this have to do with the truce agreement between the US and China?

Therefore, the current situation is that although the three parties of China, the EU, and the Netherlands have had contact, China has agreed to resume chip supplies, but the Netherlands is trying to "pretend nothing happened" and hopes this incident will end quickly.

The Netherlands must take responsibility for its mistakes

But there is no such good luck in the world.

In fact, in the context of the competition between China and the US, European Atlanticists have always played a very awkward role: although they hold high positions in the EU or European countries, they are eager to sell their own interests and damage Sino-China relations to please the US, and are immersed in pure ideological narratives.

However, once China and the US shake hands and make peace, even if only temporarily, these European politicians who believe in Atlanticism become quite embarrassed, because they are afraid to face the consequences of the deterioration of Sino-European relations and don't know how to repair relations with China.

From China's perspective, China's patience towards Europe is limited. China has always hoped that Europe can become an independent political force, but Europe has repeatedly disappointed China, willingly acting as the vanguard of the US's anti-China efforts.

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