Dutch government backs down, reverses steps taken at Nexperia

荷媒：荷兰政府让步，撤销了安派利亚采取的措施

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The Dutch government has suspended its intervention at Nexperia, which allowed the government to block decisions at the Nijmegen-based chipmaker that could jeopardize chip production in Europe, caretaker Minister Vincent Karremans of Economic Affairs announced. He hopes the move will help restore relations with China.

荷兰临时经济事务部长Vincent Karremans宣布，荷兰政府已暂停对Nexperia的干预，这使得政府能够阻止这家总部位于奈梅亨的芯片制造商做出可能危及欧洲芯片生产的决定。他希望此举将有助于恢复与中国的关系。

At the end of September, Karremans implemented an obscure and never-before-used law from the 1950s to intervene at Nexperia. In practice, the step froze Nexperia’s operations and banned its Chinese owner from relocating any parts or machinery. He cited “acute signals of serious governance shortcomings and actions” at Nexperia, which could result in crucial technologies and capabilities disappearing from the Netherlands and Europe.

9月底，Karremans实施了一项从20世纪50年代开始的模糊且从未使用过的法律来干预Nexperia。实际上，这一举措冻结了安派瑞的业务，并禁止其中国所有者搬迁任何零部件或机器。他指出，Nexperia出现了“严重治理缺陷和行动的尖锐信号”，这可能导致关键技术和能力从荷兰和欧洲消失。

One day later, a Dutch court also intervened in Nexperia. The Enterprise Chamber of the Court of Appeal suspended the company’s director-owner and placed Nexperia’s shares under independent management. According to the government, it was a coincidence that these two interventions happened so close together.

一天后，一家荷兰法院也介入了对Nexperia的调查。上诉法院企业厅暂停了该公司董事所有人的职务，并将Nexperia的股票置于独立管理之下。根据政府的说法，这两次干预发生得如此之近是一个巧合。

In response, China blocked the export of chips from Nexperia’s factory in that country. Nexperia’s headquarters are in Nijmegen, but the chips are produced in factories in Asia, the largest of which is in China. The export ban left automakers facing weeks of uncertainty about their stocks and deliveries and sparked an international political conflict, with China being convinced that the United States was behind the Dutch decisions. Dutch officials are currently in China to discuss the matter.

作为回应，中国阻止了安派里亚在中国工厂的芯片出口。安派瑞总部位于奈梅亨，但芯片是在亚洲的工厂生产的，其中最大的工厂在中国。出口禁令使汽车制造商面临数周的库存和交货不确定性，并引发了一场国际政治冲突，中国确信美国是荷兰决定的幕后黑手。荷兰官员目前正在中国讨论此事。

On Wednesday, Karremans announced that he had decided to suspend the intervention at Nexperia. “In light of recent developments, I consider it the right moment to take a constructive step,” he said, adding that the decision to step back was made “in close consultation with our European and international partners.”

周三，Karremans宣布他已经决定暂停对Nexperia的干预。“鉴于最近的事态发展，我认为现在是采取建设性步骤的合适时机，”他说，并补充说，退出的决定是“与我们的欧洲和国际伙伴密切磋商后”做出的。

“We are positive about the measures already taken by the Chinese authorities to ensure the supply of chips to Europe and the rest of the world. We see this as a show of goodwill. We will continue to engage in constructive dialogue with the Chinese authorities in the period ahead,” Karremans said.

“我们对中国当局为确保向欧洲和世界其他地区供应芯片而采取的措施持积极态度。我们认为这是善意的表现。在未来一段时间里，我们将继续与中国当局进行建设性对话。”

The caretaker Minister did not say anything about the Dutch government’s concerns that sparked this move in the first place. Insiders at his Ministry previously told NRC that the government feared Nexperia’s Chinese owner was stealing trade secrets from a British factory and was about to dismantle the company’s European branch.

看守部长对荷兰政府的担忧只字未提，而正是这些担忧引发了这一举动。他所在部门的内部人士此前告诉NRC，政府担心安派里亚的中国所有者正在从一家英国工厂窃取商业机密，并准备拆除该公司的欧洲分公司。

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