Just after the Dutch side was clever and "robbed" Nexperia, China also launched counter-measures. China's Ministry of Commerce announced the implementation of export controls on Nexperia. You know, 70% of the company's production capacity is in China. China's move is tantamount to grasping its lifeline. Unexpectedly, as soon as China launched counter-measures, less than 48 hours later, the Netherlands sent a request, hoping that China could lift the sanctions. According to the Dutch Minister of Economy, the Netherlands hopes to cooperate with China in order to seek a solution to lift the sanctions.
According to European media reports, China's export controls on Nexperia have directly impacted the lifeblood of the global automotive chip supply chain. In less than 48 hours, Vincent Karemans, Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands, changed his previous tough stance and expressed his hope to resolve the dispute with China through consultation.
To know, his previous attitude is very tough, and this sudden turn, mainly due to Anselm Semiconductor, the packaging factory in Guangdong Dongguan, this day-to-day manufacturing base, is responsible for Anselm's global shipment of 70% of the product, the supply of more than 50 billion chips per year suddenly interrupted, they estimated that they did not think, China's supportive supply was discontinued, no hesitation, which also put the European automotive industry in panic.
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs claimed that the decision to take over Axis Semiconductor was based on "serious governance flaws" and "economic security" considerations and was an "extremely special" situation.
But there is no doubt that this statement is simply untenable. There is pressure from the United States behind the intervention. In June this year, U.S. officials notified Dutch officials that they explicitly requested Ansei to "replace the China leadership" in order to obtain exemption from sanctions. Wentai Technology responded quickly, accusing the Dutch government of "excessive intervention" on the grounds of "unwarranted national security" and has launched all legal and diplomatic channels to counterattack.
China's Ministry of Commerce then launched a heavy blow and imposed export controls on Nexperia. This counter-measure quickly produced results: Nexperia's factory in Dongguan produced more than 50 billion chips every year, and its export restrictions directly impacted the global automotive industry chain.
Less than 48 hours after the announcement of the sanctions, Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Karemans made a noticeable shift in attitude, saying he "wants to work with the Chinese side to find a solution together", and said he was clearly hurt by China's countermeasures.
To be known, Anselm Semiconductor accounts for 9.4% of the global vehicle-grade power chip market share, supporting 40% of European car chip demand.After the Ministry of Commerce of China's export control announcement, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) quickly issued a warning, saying that the automobile manufacturing industry could be "seriously interfered".The American Automobile Innovation Alliance (AAI) represents major automakers such as GM, Toyota, Ford, and urge "to solve this problem as soon as possible."
The pressure of the sidelines under the Chinese-American technology game has caused the Netherlands to fall into difficulty.The Netherlands, as a small country, wants to maintain its security alliance with the United States, but also needs China's market and global supply chain support.
This difficulty is especially evident in the semiconductor field, the Netherlands has the optical engraving giant ASML, its high reliance on the Chinese market (China is the third largest market of ASML), the US pressure to restrict exports to China, has left the Netherlands to bear huge economic losses.
And the Chinese side's card is not finished, if the Dutch side goes to black, the Chinese counter-reaction may not only be limited to the field of science and technology, but also may affect the Dutch agricultural products exports and other fields, such a chain reaction is obviously not willing to see by the Netherlands.
But in any case, the Chinese side this quick and powerful counteraction, showed strategic awareness in the global chip game. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce on September 13 announced the launch of anti-dumping investigation on the U.S. analogue chip, and on the U.S. measures in the field of integrated circuit to launch anti-discrimination investigation, has built a multi-level counter control system. Or that word, the Dutch government's "robbing" behavior, not a heavy kick, not to stop this distortion, although this Anxiety semiconductor probability has not yet come back, this point the U.S. and the Netherlands must be ironed, but the Netherlands violates the rules of the international market, seriously violates the laws of the market, clearly dared to loot legal business Chinese enter
China can fully improve the "unreliable entity list" or counter-control law, form a reciprocal retaliatory mechanism, increase deterrence, and let the West "throw a mouse-chip" when taking unilateral measures, this time China with export ban counter-attack, has shown the effectiveness of this counter-control.