Dutch officials met with senior Chinese officials in the hope of resolving the crisis through negotiation, but they did not feel that they were wrong.
Just yesterday, 19 October, Reuters that Dutch Economy Minister Vincent Carrémans said in a TV show that he expected to meet with Chinese officials in a few days to discuss how to solve the “standstill” of the Einstein semiconductor.
To be honest, this is the Dutch initiative to meet with China's senior leaders, asking for a solution to their own confession crisis.
On its side, China has always emphasized dialogue and consultation, but the prerequisite is that the Netherlands must admit its mistakes and correct its mistakes and cannot just talk but practice.
Many opinions have made it clear that this is not a matter that can be confused, the Netherlands must take real action, otherwise trust is broken, and the global investment rules are messy.
From the Chinese point of view, this is essentially the Dutch submission to US pressure and undermining Sino-Dutch economic and trade cooperation.
Chinese enterprises have legally invested, but they are "presumed guilty", which not only hurts the rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, but also shows the whole world that western countries talk about "rules-based order", but in fact they change their faces when they meet China, and always use "national security" as panacea.
This supply crisis is the result of the Netherlands 'own consequences. Now it is asking China for help. It is actually trying to get China to make concessions, but China will not swallow this in vain-we have the ability and determination to protect our own enterprises.
The Dutch government suddenly turned his face and applied an old law of the Cold War, called the "Law of Availability of Goods," which safeguarded the state's goods in emergencies and had never been used.
This time, they took "national security" as the pretext to directly take over part of the assets and management of Anselm Semiconductor in the Netherlands.
He said he was worried that Chinese owners would move chip production to China.
But the problem is that they have no evidence, no judicial procedure, and no opportunity for enterprises to defend, so they have forcibly deprived Chinese shareholders of their rights.
In fact, the U.S. is working hard, and U.S. Commerce Department officials met with the Dutch foreign minister in June to pressure to remove the Chinese head of the Anselm Semiconductor.
Afraid that the company would be pulled into the blacklist of the United States '"entity list", the Netherlands would run behind the United States and become a "horse boy", sacrificing its own principles of the rule of law to please the big brother.
For the Netherlands, if the Netherlands wants to repair relations and resolve the crisis, it must change from the root, not just say "will to resolve."
The first thing we must do is return the management power to China. This is the most basic sincerity-admitting that you were wrong and respecting legal property.
Secondly, stop discriminating against Chinese investment, do not follow the U.S. style, and the Netherlands will treat Chinese companies equally, do not "presume guilt" because the boss is Chinese, for example, do not listen to the US language, add export controls or blacklist.
In general, China is not afraid of trouble, but it loves peaceful development more. If the Netherlands really wants to solve the problem, it must have the courage to change its "fence-based" style and speak with actions. Otherwise, this supply outage crisis will only get worse. Not only will China-Netherlands relations cool, but the global semiconductor chain will also suffer. I hope they will be smart this time and settle it soon!