the EU's stance on china is getting more aggressive by the day . I think it's a wake-up call for europe and the west to reassess their dependence on china for tech and raw materials. karremans' comments are pretty surprising, but i guess he's just trying to send a message that they won't back down easily . the global car industry is already feeling the pinch, and it'll be interesting to see how this all plays out . the thing is, what's the alternative? are we gonna start relying on the US for everything? or do we just keep playing chicken with china until someone blinks?
honestly can't believe what's going down in EU right now . Dutch minister is like "hey, let's take control of Chinese chip factory because China might do us wrong" and then everyone freaks out . I mean, it's not like Karremans didn't know about Nexperia's moves to China already... did he really need to go all nuclear on this one? And now China is all "hey, we're just giving you some chips back" and everyone's supposed to be grateful . Newsflash: the EU's economy ain't that fragile...
oh man i dont blame him tho its like europe is sleepwalking into china's trap and karremans finally woke them up he was ahead of his time but most people just didnt get it i mean we all knew about the chip shortage but europe was too busy arguing with china to take action
anyway im glad hes sticking to his guns and not backing down now lets see if the eu can actually follow through on its demands and hopefully this wont be a repeat of the same old china-eu drama fingers crossed for europe's chip supply
I dont get why Netherlands are making big deal outta this Nexperia thingy... 6 weeks standoff is pretty chill imo . they should just buy chips from USA instead lol. Vincent Karremans can do whatever he wants tbh, its his job. but honestly i wonder what kinda tech they got in china that they need so much?