https://www.theguardian.com/bu…a-row-global-car-industry
Zitat‘I’d do it all again,’ says Dutch minister at heart of car chip standoff with China
Exclusive: Vincent Karremans says row with Beijing that threatened global car production is ‘wake-up call’ to west
Also wenn das jetzt rückabgewickelt wird, fragt man sich schon wieso?
ZitatThe six-week standoff between the EU and Beijing over Nexperia and its vital supplies of automotive semiconductors has served up a sobering lesson to world leaders over their dependency on China, says Vincent Karremans.
The Dutch economy minister says he has no regrets about the tussle and would not change his actions even with the benefit of hindsight. “There’s a lot of interest in exactly what happened,” he says. “It’s like an economic thriller.”
(Sagt er da mein langweiliger Job war mal für ein paar Wochen aufregend?)
Also es hat sich wegen der Lektion gelohnt. Das ist natürlich überaus ironisch. Schließlich ist die ganze Idee hier einen (möglicherweise nicht mehr wirklich vorhandenen) technischen Vorsprung des Westens zu nutzen, um China zu kontrollieren. Die Chinesen haben daran gearbeitet sich dem zu entziehen und dieses Manöver hat offengelegt, dass sie damit ziemlich erfolgreich waren. Herzlichen Glückwunsch.
Karremans besteht darauf, es hätte nichts mit den USA zu. Ich vermute eine Schutzbehauptung respektive es käme zu schlecht an in Europa / den Niederlanden:
ZitatKarremans says it had nothing to do with a US move on 29 September to put Nexperia on a list of companies facing import controls. “We were absolutely not pushed or pressurised or whatever by the Americans to take action on this,” he says.
“What we heard from the Americans was they were going into [government] shutdown and they wanted to ensure Nexperia was on the list.”
Nehme an beim Guardian glauben sie auch nicht daran, weil sie im übernächsten Absatz diese Verbindung herstellen:
ZitatAfter the deal between Donald Trump and Chinese president, Xi Jinping, in South Korea at the end of last month cleared the way for Beijing to resume chip supplies to Europe, the crisis appears to be over. For now.
Und im Prinzip erklärte Karremans dann doch, dass das auf die Usis zurückgeht. Angefangen mit:
ZitatThe Dutch chipmaker, once part of the Philips electronics group, was bought by China’s Wingtech in 2018. Concerns about its future ability to export to the US emerged in 2023 when the US notified the Dutch that they were considering putting Wingtech on an “affiliate list” of companies that could pose a threat to national security.
“These restrictions were immense, so it was in our best interests to work with the American and Chinese governments and the Nexperia Chinese shareholder to work out a solution.”
Deswegen haben sie mit den chinesischen Eigentümern verhandelt:
ZitatThe Dutch then entered a dialogue with Zhang Xuezheng, the founder of Wingtech and chief executive of Nexperia in the Netherlands, to ensure the company’s independence. Demands included the establishment of an independent supervisory board and a requirement that Zhang no longer act as both CEO and head of human resources.
Aber wenn der Auslöser von unserer Seite richtig dargestellt wird - man kann da natürlich Zweifel haben - wird der sehr wahrscheinlich auch eine Reaktion auf die Maßnahmen der USA gewesen sein:
ZitatBut in September, things took a dramatic turn.
“I had people coming to my office saying: ‘Minister, we need to talk to you,’ and they told me what Zhang was doing. They said he was moving away intellectual property rights, they were firing people, and they were looking to relocate production from [Hamburg] to China.”
Asked who these people were, he says: “I can’t tell you who they were … but we have physical evidence that this [relocation] was happening.”
(Das hervorgehobene ist Unsinn bzw. unsinnig beschrieben was als direktes Zitat möglicherweise zeigt, dass dieser Karremans auch nicht so voll im Stoff ist.)
Und erneut die Verbindung zu den USA:
ZitatBeijing’s move to restore chip supplies at the weekend came after the US decided to pause sanctions for companies on its affiliate list. [...]
Schließlich ist die Rückabwicklung unter Vorbehalt, klingt allerdings als wäre es die Auslieferung der Mikrochips auch noch:
Zitat[...] But the Dutch have yet to reverse out of Nexperia, with Karremans hinting nothing will happen until the first chips arrive on European shores.
