[bigbadfeline]

This doesn't make any sense, why do the Dutch think taking control of Nexperia will somehow force China to provide components to them?

The Dutch ASML is prohibited from providing EUV to China which is apparently what forced China to decouple. Little wonder the other day the Chinese said "We aren't afraid of trade war". Escalating this BS brings nothing good to ordinary people.

[yorwba]

The Chinese export ban on 4 October is a reaction to the 7 October Dutch takeover even though the dates are reversed, because the Dutch action involved court proceedings before being finalized whereas the Chinese action presumably didn't.