China vows to support Wingtech in Dutch national security battle over Nexperia
Wingtech was added to the Entity List in December 2024, meaning it requires a licence to purchase US-origin technology
China has voiced support for local electronics parts supplier Wingtech as it battles authorities in the Netherlands over control of its European semiconductor unit.
“We oppose the abuse of the concept of ‘national security’ to impose selective and discriminatory restrictions on overseas branches of Chinese companies,” said the association.
The statement came after state media Global Times published an opinion piece that called the Dutch move “extremely egregious, going far beyond normal commercial regulation and carrying blatant political coercion and discriminatory overtones”.
The Nexperia case exemplified the trend of “predatory intervention” by the US and Netherlands governments to resort to “commercial plunder” against Chinese firms “under the guise of national security”, it added.
Lin Jian, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, said on Monday that the country opposed “overstretching the concept of national security”, and added that China was “firmly resolved in defending its own legitimate and lawful rights and interests”, without elaborating.