By Eduardo Baptista, Rachel More and Toby Sterling BERLIN (Reuters) -German automotive suppliers were rushing for exemptions to Chinese export restrictions on Nexperia chips on Monday, hoping for a political solution to a trade stand-off that has caused alarm over possible production stoppages in the car industry. A fight over Nexperia, which makes large volumes of basic chips used in cars, threatens to halt car assembly lines after the Netherlands seized control of the Dutch company over concerns about ...

China's Ministry of Commerce on Saturday said it is looking to exempt some Nexperia orders from an export ban that it imposed after the Netherlands seized control of the Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker. "We will comprehensively consider the actual situation of enterprises and grant exemptions to exports that meet the criteria," a ministry representative said in a statement. According to the ministry, exemptions were being considered to stabilise the supply of Nexperia chips in global supply chains. It enco ...

China has taken a significant step toward easing tensions in the global semiconductor supply chain by announcing it will exempt certain Nexperia chips from an export ban that has rattled automakers wo... ...

文章核心观点 - 荷兰政府因知识产权问题接管中国拥有的Nexperia以及中国限制其成品出口 导致汽车芯片供应链出现紧张局势 可能对欧洲汽车生产造成广泛影响 [1][2][7] - 大众汽车公司向员工发出内部信函 表示目前生产尚未受到芯片短缺影响 但由于局势动态发展 不能排除短期內生产受到影响的可能性 [2][3] - 行业机构已就此事对生产的潜在影响发出警告 其他汽车制造商如宝马和奔驰也表示正与供应商合作以确保生产稳定 [2][7] 大众汽车的生产状况 - 大众汽车表示不能排除因供应链问题导致生产中断的可能性 [1] - 公司发言人证实生产尚未受到芯片短缺影响 但指出短期內生产可能受影响 [2][3] - 据德国《图片报》报道 援引知情人士消息 计划从下周三开始因芯片问题实施生产停工 首先影响高尔夫系列 然后是其他车型 [4] - 大众汽车发言人对关于周三停工的"猜测"不予置评 并表示公司正在密切关注局势 [4] - 大众汽车将在周五于其沃尔夫斯堡主要工厂暂停高尔夫和途观车型的生产 以处理一个不相关的库存问题 公司称此措施与芯片供应问题无关 [5] - 《图片报》还援引未具名消息人士称 大众已开始与劳工部门讨论启动一项国家支持的缩短工时计划 该计划可能影响数万名员工 [5] 行业影响与地缘政治背景 - 此次争端加剧了损害欧洲汽车制造商及其供应商的全球贸易紧张局势 包括美国提高进口关税和中国对稀土实施出口限制 [7] - Nexperia的芯片主要在中国封装 技术简单但被汽车制造大量使用 [7] - 宝马和奔驰公司表示 鉴于Nexperia的僵局 他们也在与供应商合作以确保生产 [7] - 荷兰和中国经济部长于周二进行了会谈 但未能找到解决Nexperia僵局的办法 [8]

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核心事件 - 德国汽车制造商宝马公司表示其部分供应商网络正受到芯片制造商安世半导体所面临的贸易和知识产权纠纷的影响[1] - 安世半导体是全球最大的基础芯片制造商之一其芯片被广泛应用于汽车和消费电子领域[2] - 安世半导体正陷入中美两大经济体的贸易战之中[2] 对汽车行业的影响 - 安世半导体的困境引发了对欧洲汽车行业可能产生连锁效应的担忧[2] - 汽车制造商及其供应商本已面临关税、外国竞争和需求疲弱等多重挑战[2] - 安世半导体的芯片技术并不复杂但需求量巨大[6] 主要汽车制造商的回应 - 宝马公司表示生产按计划进行并与供应商保持密切接触以尽早识别潜在供应风险并采取必要措施[3] - 梅赛德斯-奔驰表示正在监测情况并与相关利益方保持联系但未透露安世半导体是否为其供应商网络的一部分[4] - 大众汽车表示其生产未受影响并与利益相关方保持联系以便在必要时应对任何风险[4] 安世半导体的状况与地缘政治背景 - 安世半导体正在寻求就中国和美国的出口限制进行对话并已任命新的临时首席执行官[5] - 前首席执行官张学政在美国对该公司施压后根据荷兰法院命令被免职[5] - 荷兰政府以担心技术可能转移至其中文母公司闻泰科技为由已接管安世半导体[5] - 安世半导体最大的制造基地位于德国汉堡但其大部分芯片在中国进行封装并组装成更大的产品[6]

By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -European carmakers could face significant disruption to manufacturing without a swift resolution to a trade and intellectual property dispute over chipmaker Nexperia between China and the Dutch government, an industry association warned on Thursday. The dispute could cause further strain on Europe's automotive sector, whose carmakers and suppliers are already battling tariffs, foreign competition and weak demand. It also thrusts Nexperia into a trade war between the worl ...