China raises supply chain concerns as the Netherlands plans curbs on chip technology
- Foreign Minister Qin Gang urged his visiting Dutch counterpart to ensure ‘fairer’ access to semiconductor technology
- Beijing is concerned about looming Dutch export controls that would throttle supplies of advanced chip-making equipment
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang called for better access and a “fairer” business environment for Chinese companies in a bilateral meeting with his Dutch counterpart Wopke Hoekstra, who is in China for a two-day visit as The Hague prepares semiconductor export controls.
Calling the Netherlands a “gateway” for cooperation between China and the European Union, Qin said China and the Netherlands should work together to safeguard the stability of the global supply chain.
“China is willing to deepen practical cooperation with the Netherlands, provide each other with an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment, and make the pie of mutual benefit bigger,” Qin said during a joint press conference with Hoekstra after their meeting.
Qin also slammed a claim by the Dutch intelligence service last month that China posed “the greatest threat” to the country’s economic security.
“China adheres to the path of peaceful development and pursues a mutually beneficial opening-up strategy. What China exports are opportunities rather than crises, what it brings is insurance rather than risks,” he said.
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“Engaging in camp confrontation and artificially cutting off the production and supply chains are the source of world risks.”