BEIJING: China urged the Netherlands on Wednesday (Dec 31) to right away right its “errors” and take away obstacles to making sure the soundness of the worldwide chip manufacturing and provide chain.
“The Netherlands stays detached, and stubbornly insists by itself method, displaying completely no accountable angle in direction of the safety of the international semiconductor provide chain, and taking no substantive motion in any way,” the Chinese language commerce ministry mentioned in a press release.
In September, the Netherlands took control of Nexperia, a Dutch subsidiary of Chinese language agency Wingtech, saying it aimed to cease the founder from shifting firm secrets and techniques and manufacturing to China.
Beijing retaliated by blocking the export of Nexperia’s chips, most of that are packaged in China.
Whereas Wingtech has since began talks with court-appointed custodians of Nexperia over management of the Netherlands-based chipmaker, Financial Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans has defended his resolution to intervene.
In a latest interview with De Telegraaf, Karremans once more defended his transfer towards Nexperia.
“I would not characterise it as pleasurable, but it surely was mandatory,” he advised the Dutch day by day. “And I do not let my choices be guided by whether or not they’re pleasurable or not.”
In response to Karremans’ remark, the Chinese language commerce ministry described the Dutch place as “perplexing”.
“China has repeatedly emphasised that the Netherlands’ inappropriate administrative interference within the inside affairs of Nexperia has led to a disaster within the international semiconductor provide chain, and the Netherlands should bear full accountability for this.”
