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Nexperia crisis: Beijing agrees to talks with Dutch officials in China

The announcement comes a day after the Netherlands indicated that shipments of Chinese-made Nexperia chips would soon resume

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China has agreed to talks with the Netherlands to resolve the crisis over chipmaker Nexperia. Photo: dpa
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Chinese officials have agreed to hold talks with their Dutch counterparts regarding the Nexperia crisis, which has thrown the global automotive chip supply chain into uncertainty, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Saturday.
In response to remarks made by Netherlands’ Economy Minister Vincent Karremans on Friday – indicating that Nexperia chips made in China could resume shipments in the coming days – Beijing expressed hope that the Dutch side would take concrete actions and agreed to the Netherlands’ request to send representatives to China for discussions.

No specific date for the meeting was mentioned.

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“China hopes that the Netherlands’ statements will not remain mere rhetoric but will promptly lead to constructive solutions and tangible actions to swiftly and effectively restore stability to the global semiconductor supply chain at its source,” the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement.

Nexperia’s headquarters in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Photo: AFP
Nexperia’s headquarters in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Photo: AFP

Karremans said on Friday that China could resume chip supplies to Nexperia’s customers in Europe and beyond “over the coming days”. The Dutch government was prepared to relinquish control of the company “as soon as next week” if Nexperia China resumed shipments, according to a Bloomberg News report from the same day.

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