In the ongoing battle over which nations are allowed to produce semiconductors, Global Times published an article that says that “Germany is reportedly considering restricting exports of chemicals to China that are used to produce semiconductors, a move which experts said would disrupt the positive direction of China-Europe relations and represent a ‘severe blow’ to the country’s industrial base, further hurting an economy that is already suffering from economic blows linked to the Ukraine crisis.” While not stated in the article, the battle over chip production is a subset of the British-directed war to control the global internet for their Five Eyes digital dictatorship, or at very minimum, part of the “technological decoupling” that would split the internet on each side of the “China-U.S.geo-economic divide,” another made-up construct. As former Google CEO Eric Schmidt had stated in 2018, “the global internet would probably bifurcate into a Chinese-led internet and a U.S.-led internet.”
According to a report by Bloomberg, Germany may place restrictions as part of the government’s efforts to reduce its economic exposure to China. The report cited sources as saying that the move was still “in the early stages of discussion.” The Bloomberg report further noted that German chemical giants Merck and BASF could be deeply affected by the export curbs, if implemented.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said during an April 28 press conference that economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial, and China is an important global semiconductor market, according to Global Times. Some countries’ practice of implementing export controls against China under the guise of “reducing dependence” is not constructive, and ultimately will only harm others and themselves, as well as affect the stability of the global industrial and supply chains, Mao said.
