Beijing flags fresh risk of global chip crunch as Nexperia spat widens

Beijing warned of a potential new global semiconductor crisis amid an escalating dispute between Nexperia’s Dutch headquarters and its China unit under Wingtech, after China accused the Dutch side of disabling staff accounts. With Nexperia chips crucial to auto electronics and production already disrupted in the past, negotiations among Beijing, The Hague and Brussels have yet to resolve the impasse.