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China has blocked the export of certain products produced by the Dutch chip company, Nexperia, according to Bloomberg. This is the same company that the Dutch government recently seized from its Chinese parent company to prevent the transfer of what it called "crucial technological knowledge" from leaving the country. This action appears to be retaliatory and highlights the increasingly multi-polar world that is developing under the umbrella of rapid global expansion in AI capabilities, and a rush to secure important strategic chip development resources.

Chinese trade relations with Western nations have been far more fractious in 2025 than in years past. Following increasingly aggressive global trade policies, China has pivoted from integrating with the wider global economy to focusing more on shoring up its own semiconductor development and nearer-to-hand trading partners. Many Western nations have mirrored this in turn, with the Dutch government's latest actions appearing to be just one more example of nations ensuring their own supply of silicon above almost all else.

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[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah uh the, now deposed, Chinese ceo used Nexperia funds to keep a different company in China afloat ... on top of that he kept bringing up ideas to "move all Nexperia company assets & production to China".

This all besides the other political stormclouds blowing in from the US.

All in all it was a good decision the Dutch government made, they will find a way to produce somewhere in Europe probably.

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

I'd love to read more about this, where'd you get this info? I didn't see it in the articles linked here.

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

For anyone wondering the chinese chips tech is a bit behind, maybe 5-20 years depending on the specific tech, which is similar to America and Russia. Intel if they keep fabs in the U.S would keep the U.S closer to 5 years behind Taiwan and South Korea which isn't terrible considering moving past 2nm is extremely difficult and it's not likely that there will be huge improvements in lithography tech in the near future.

[–] rezad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

"Many Western nations have mirrored this in turn" sure.... "china" started this and west "mirrored"