China has snubbed Germany s Foreign Minister Johann Waldephul as well as Chancellor Merz, declining to schedule significant meetings with them as a shortage of Nexperia chips threatens Germany industry and industry leaders call for a quick resolution of the trade dispute.
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has postponed a visit to China after Beijing confirmed only one meeting, a Foreign Office spokesperson said.
The development was described by the German media as a “foreign policy disaster” for Berlin.
Die Welt also reported that Xi Jinping has not found time to receive German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during his planned official visit to China, which has also been cancelled.
The diplomatic ice means that a deal to end a severe shortage of Chinese Nexperia chips and rare earth metals threatening the existence of German hi tech industry is nowhere in sight.
German auto parts supplier Bosch is preparing to staff at its Salzgitter plant if a trade dispute between China and the Netherlands over Dutch chipmaker Nexperia is not resolved soon.
VW, BMW and Mercedes are also reporting growing concerns that their stores of chips are running down.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/bosch-warns-production-risk-nexperia-144845616.html
https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/nexperia-chips-china-usa-donald-trump-handelsstreit-deutschland-news-wirtschaft-kurzarbeit-bosch-vw-zr-94003899.html
Alternative semiconductors may also be hard to find as these depend largely on rare earth metals which are also restricted by China for their manufacture.
From media
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has postponed a visit to China after Beijing confirmed only one meeting, a Foreign Office spokesperson said.
"The Chinese side was ultimately able to confirm only the appointment with the Chinese foreign minister, and could not confirm any other additional appointments," the spokesperson said.
The visit, originally scheduled for last week, would have marked the first by a German minister from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative-led government, which took office in May.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/german-foreign-minister-postpones-china-115700535.html
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