The Minister of Foreign Trade in the Netherlands defended the manufacturing equipment of export chips to the Chinese export chip manufacturing equipment, saying that this was to protect national security.
According to Bloomberg, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade Liesje SchreineMacher said in an interview with the Dutch Telecom: "We want to prevent Dutch equipment from using military purposes. I try my best to consider all benefits.We have always said: Our national security is the most important. "
Schriene Mach also calls for building more chip factories in Europe.She said: "We hope to reduce this dependence on China." Although the main force of the industry's main military platform is located in Taiwan to produce most of the world's advanced chips, mainland companies produce lower -end semiconductors, the leaders of the storage chip industry Samsung Electronics and SK Sea SeaLux also operates large factories in the mainland.
Earlier, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mao Ning said at a regular press conference that he had proposed to the Netherlands.Mao Ning pointed out: "We have expressed firm opposition to the Dutch's administrative means to restrict the normal economic and trade exchanges between China and Dutch companies." She added that in recent years, "individual" countries have "deprived of China's right to develop development, but she has not named the United States.Mao Ning said that China will take legitimate measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests, but it will not be explained in detail.
