{"id":4199,"date":"2025-11-06T07:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/china-blames-netherlands-for-chip-supply-tensions-amid-nexperia-standoff\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:48:29","slug":"china-blames-netherlands-for-chip-supply-tensions-amid-nexperia-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/china-blames-netherlands-for-chip-supply-tensions-amid-nexperia-standoff\/","title":{"rendered":"China blames Netherlands for chip supply tensions amid Nexperia standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

HONG KONG \u2014 China<\/a>\u2019s Commerce Ministry said Tuesday that the Netherlands<\/a>\u2019 seizure of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia has caused \u201cchaos\u201d in the semiconductor supply chain that could threaten global auto production.<\/p>\n

The Dutch government in late September took control of Nexperia, which is based in the Netherlands but owned by Chinese company Wingtech Technology, citing national security concerns. In response, China blocked shipments of chips from Nexperia\u2019s plant in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan, though it has now allowed those exports to resume.<\/p>\n

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Nexperia\u2019s Chinese unit said in late October that its Netherlands headquarters had suspended supplies of wafers used to make chips to its factory in China, raising concerns over its ability to deliver finished semiconductors used by many automakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat has created turmoil and chaos in the global semiconductor supply chain,\u201d the Commerce Ministry said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cThe Netherlands should bear full responsibility for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Netherlands also replaced Nexperia\u2019s Chinese CEO, Zhang Xuezheng, with interim CEO Stefan Tilger.<\/p>\n

In late 2024, the U.S. put Wingtech Technology on its \u201centity list\u201d that it deems to be acting against U.S. national security interests, subjecting it to export controls. In late September, the U.S. expanded the list to include Wingtech\u2019s subsidiaries, including Nexperia, and the Netherlands then took control of the company.<\/p>\n

Global automakers including Ford Motor have warned that China\u2019s export restrictions on Nexperia\u2019s semiconductors could disrupt car manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Following President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping<\/a> in South Korea<\/a> last week, the White House said China was moving to ease the export ban on Nexperia semiconductors as part of the latest trade truce between Washington and Beijing.<\/p>\n

E.U. trade commissioner Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d said Monday in a post on X that talks regarding Nexperia and involving China and the Netherlands were progressing, saying that \u201cwork continues towards lasting stability.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Netherlands said last month that it was willing to find a \u201cconstructive solution\u201d with Chinese authorities to the Nexperia standoff after its economic affairs minister, Vincent Karremans, spoke by telephone with China\u2019s commerce minister, Wang Wentao.<\/p>\n

Nexperia was acquired in 2018 by partially state-owned Wingtech for $3.6 billion.<\/p>\n

The Dutch ministry of economic affairs invoked its rarely used Goods Availability Act to effectively seize control of the company on Sept. 30. It said Nexperia\u2019s governance \u201cposed a threat to the continuity and safeguarding on Dutch and European soil of crucial technological knowledge and capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HONG KONG \u2014 China\u2019s Commerce Ministry said Tuesday that the Netherlands\u2019 seizure of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia has caused \u201cchaos\u201d in the semiconductor supply chain that could threaten global auto production. The Dutch government in late September took control of Nexperia, which is based in the Netherlands but owned by Chinese company Wingtech Technology, citing national <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}