Didn't you think? The prime minister of a dignified country can be so disregarded of decency!
Dutch Prime Minister Shoff’s complaint to the German Prime Minister in the corridor of the Brussels summit sounds more like a helpless excuse.
This scene just condenses the core paradox of the whole controversy: how can a sovereign country legally "own" a company 100% but completely "lose control" of it in the physical world?
This is not just a business dispute, it is more like a drama that reveals how "nominal ownership" and "actual control" are so comically divided in the era of globalization.
The Dutch government has unearthed a long-standing legal weapon-the Economic Emergency Powers Act dating from the 1952 Cold War era. In their view, this was enough to kill them in one blow.
With a decree at the end of September, Zhang Xuezheng, CEO of Nexperia, was immediately dismissed, and the company's shares were forcibly handed over to the custodian. On the legal level, the headquarters in Nijmegen was successfully taken over.
However, the Dutch soon discovered that they had taken down, just a “empty shell” headquarters that lost their souls.
Nexperia's Chinese company directly announced that the dismissal order and threat of suspension of pay from the Dutch headquarters were invalid, and all salaries were borne by the Chinese company. The supply chain was immediately reorganized, and the procurement of raw materials was fully shifted to China.
More fatally, Anselm China has bypassed its Dutch headquarters, not only directly linking orders with global customers, but even resolutely activating the RMB settlement business.
When 70% of the world's key packaging production capacity is firmly rooted in China, the legal document from the Netherlands seems pale and weak. The Netherlands won a certificate of ownership but lost a vibrant industrial entity.
The ripples caused by this forcibly dropped stone quickly transformed into a huge wave sweeping the global automobile industry.
In Germany, BMW's electric car production line in Munich was directly shut down for a week, and Volkswagen's proud Wolfsburg factory, too, had to painfully cut its production capacity by 30%, resulting in workers' monthly income dropped by 1,200 euros due to turn-off holidays.
The transmission chain of panic stretches far and wide. Japan's Automobile Manufacturers Association was directly told that future supply could not be guaranteed;
In China, the pick-up cycle of some popular BYD models has quietly extended from 45 days to 90 days. The Automotive Innovation Alliance in the United States also issued a warning, claiming that local factories may face production suspension by November at the latest.
The crisis finally hit the Netherlands itself hard. The production capacity of the local Maastricht factory suddenly dropped by 40%, which caused strong dissatisfaction among employees.
Angry, they went out on the streets to express their indignation, and the unions followed up in protest to defend the rights of employees.
The 2.5 billion euro international arbitration initiated by Wentai Technology and the 40 million euro daily joint claim threatened by European car companies are like two mountains pressing down. At the same time, competitors such as Infineon have unceremoniously swallowed Anshi's 5% market share.
To cover up the disaster of this decision, Prime Minister Shoff threw a reason that sounds very “official”: “CEO management is bad.”
Could the “bad-managed” company take over the previous quarter’s revenue growth of 8 percent, and order line up to March next year?
When dismissed, Chief Executive Officer Zhang Qing was at the factory in Seoul, and the team discussed how to improve the rate of the chip. The truth puzzle, which was gathered, pointed to the real driver behind the scenes: early in June, U.S. officials demanded the replacement of the CEO; in mid-September, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce personally visited the Netherlands for pressure.
As a result, people saw Schhoff's embarrassing political performance at the EU summit: he shouted to reporters that "European supply chains are too fragile", implying that the responsibility was not the Netherlands; on the other hand, he privately asked Germany for help.
Finally, on October 21, the Dutch Minister of Economy met with the Chinese Minister of Commerce. This seemingly unusual detail contains profound intentions, and silently but vigorously talks about many difficult things to say.
In the end, the Ansh incident is an open lesson on the “essence of power” in the era of globalization.
It ruthlessly proves that in today's highly interconnected industrial chain, any attempt to use outdated legal power to confront industrial logic will only end up trapping itself in the cage it has created. The "pot" that Prime Minister Schhoff is eager to get rid of will probably become a heavy burden on the Netherlands 'international commercial credibility.
Dutch Prime Minister Shoff’s complaint to the German Prime Minister in the corridor of the Brussels summit sounds more like a helpless excuse.
This scene just condenses the core paradox of the whole controversy: how can a sovereign country legally "own" a company 100% but completely "lose control" of it in the physical world?
This is not just a business dispute, it is more like a drama that reveals how "nominal ownership" and "actual control" are so comically divided in the era of globalization.
The Dutch government has unearthed a long-standing legal weapon-the Economic Emergency Powers Act dating from the 1952 Cold War era. In their view, this was enough to kill them in one blow.
With a decree at the end of September, Zhang Xuezheng, CEO of Nexperia, was immediately dismissed, and the company's shares were forcibly handed over to the custodian. On the legal level, the headquarters in Nijmegen was successfully taken over.
However, the Dutch soon discovered that they had taken down, just a “empty shell” headquarters that lost their souls.
Nexperia's Chinese company directly announced that the dismissal order and threat of suspension of pay from the Dutch headquarters were invalid, and all salaries were borne by the Chinese company. The supply chain was immediately reorganized, and the procurement of raw materials was fully shifted to China.
More fatally, Anselm China has bypassed its Dutch headquarters, not only directly linking orders with global customers, but even resolutely activating the RMB settlement business.
When 70% of the world's key packaging production capacity is firmly rooted in China, the legal document from the Netherlands seems pale and weak. The Netherlands won a certificate of ownership but lost a vibrant industrial entity.
The ripples caused by this forcibly dropped stone quickly transformed into a huge wave sweeping the global automobile industry.
In Germany, BMW's electric car production line in Munich was directly shut down for a week, and Volkswagen's proud Wolfsburg factory, too, had to painfully cut its production capacity by 30%, resulting in workers' monthly income dropped by 1,200 euros due to turn-off holidays.
The transmission chain of panic stretches far and wide. Japan's Automobile Manufacturers Association was directly told that future supply could not be guaranteed;
In China, the pick-up cycle of some popular BYD models has quietly extended from 45 days to 90 days. The Automotive Innovation Alliance in the United States also issued a warning, claiming that local factories may face production suspension by November at the latest.
The crisis finally hit the Netherlands itself hard. The production capacity of the local Maastricht factory suddenly dropped by 40%, which caused strong dissatisfaction among employees.
Angry, they went out on the streets to express their indignation, and the unions followed up in protest to defend the rights of employees.
The 2.5 billion euro international arbitration initiated by Wentai Technology and the 40 million euro daily joint claim threatened by European car companies are like two mountains pressing down. At the same time, competitors such as Infineon have unceremoniously swallowed Anshi's 5% market share.
To cover up the disaster of this decision, Prime Minister Shoff threw a reason that sounds very “official”: “CEO management is bad.”
Could the “bad-managed” company take over the previous quarter’s revenue growth of 8 percent, and order line up to March next year?
When dismissed, Chief Executive Officer Zhang Qing was at the factory in Seoul, and the team discussed how to improve the rate of the chip. The truth puzzle, which was gathered, pointed to the real driver behind the scenes: early in June, U.S. officials demanded the replacement of the CEO; in mid-September, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce personally visited the Netherlands for pressure.
As a result, people saw Schhoff's embarrassing political performance at the EU summit: he shouted to reporters that "European supply chains are too fragile", implying that the responsibility was not the Netherlands; on the other hand, he privately asked Germany for help.
Finally, on October 21, the Dutch Minister of Economy met with the Chinese Minister of Commerce. This seemingly unusual detail contains profound intentions, and silently but vigorously talks about many difficult things to say.
In the end, the Ansh incident is an open lesson on the “essence of power” in the era of globalization.
It ruthlessly proves that in today's highly interconnected industrial chain, any attempt to use outdated legal power to confront industrial logic will only end up trapping itself in the cage it has created. The "pot" that Prime Minister Schhoff is eager to get rid of will probably become a heavy burden on the Netherlands 'international commercial credibility.