According to Observer Network , British Cabinet Minister Shapps, in an interview with the media, claimed that he had issued a letter to China Anshi Semiconductor Company, demanding that at least 86% of NWF's shares be sold because the company owns the largest chip manufacturer in the UK. The reason given by the British government is that it "may threaten national security."
In July last year, Anthracite, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wingtech Technology, completed the acquisition of nwf, a shares of the largest chip manufacturer in the UK. At that time, the British government did not express any objection to the matter. After all, the cooperation agreement signed by Anshi Semiconductor and NWF was a normal business act and was submitted to relevant British government departments for review, and there was no problem.
British government
But now, just one year after the acquisition agreement was reached, the British Ministry of Commerce suddenly issued a statement that it would conduct a "national security assessment" of this acquisition agreement. After nearly half a year of investigation, the British Ministry of Commerce finally made a resolution requiring Chinese companies to give up control of NWF. This is obviously affecting the normal commercial cooperation between China and the UK through administrative means, and the so-called "threatening national security" is even more absurd.
We have reason to believe that the British government is under pressure and influence from the US government. In a report in July this year, the US media " Wall Street Journal " once said that it was the US government that put pressure on the UK that ultimately caused the UK to reconsider the acquisition agreement.
chip
The United States even promised that as long as the British government can take NWF company under British capital control or even nationalize it, the United States is willing to help the British government build NWF company into a world-class automotive chip production center. It was under the temptation of the United States that the British government finally made a decision that was completely incompatible with international business principles.
It is not difficult to understand why the United States does this, because this is the basic national policy of the United States in recent years. semiconductor industry is the top priority in the future intelligent era of mankind. In the foreseeable future, various intelligent devices will inevitably penetrate into all aspects of human production and life. It can be said that whoever masters the technological advantages of chips means that he can master the upstream advantages of key industries in the future.
US alliance
In the past 30 years, the United States has gradually moved towards the hollowing out of industry , but the most important reason why it still masters the advantages of global economy trade is because they have technological advantages. China's existence has made the United States feel threatened in the semiconductor field.
First of all, China's semiconductor technology is developing very fast. Objectively speaking, although our technical level is still far from that of the United States, China has cultivated many special talents and introduced a lot of foreign technology and advanced equipment. Moreover, my country has also promoted the development of local semiconductor technology companies through financial subsidies. At present, the development speed of Chinese semiconductor high-tech companies is in the leading position worldwide.
China and the United States are fighting against
Not to mention that China still has a very complete industrial chain . That is to say, as long as we can master the core technology of design and production of chips, we can rely on China's local perfect industrial chain to quickly transform scientific achievements, and then sell these new products to any corner of the world through the mature trade chain, and China has the advantage of cost-effectiveness.
Then if the United States wants to continue to lie on the throne of technology-leading watch the changes in the world, it will become difficult or impossible to control global trade. This is also why in recent years, the United States has crazily suppressed Chinese high-tech companies including ZTE and Huawei . The United States just doesn't want to see the development of China's semiconductor technology and doesn't want us to master core technologies.
Anshi Semiconductor Company Production Workshop
itself, for Chinese and British companies, China Anshi Semiconductor Company’s acquisition of British nwf Company is undoubtedly a win-win situation. Chinese capital has sent NWF Company investments that can take them to a higher level, but this also means that Anshi Semiconductor Company has also mastered NWF Company’s mature production lines and commercial channels. Because of concerns about the breakthrough in China's semiconductor technology, the US government put pressure on the British government to prevent acquisitions through administrative means, and the price given is not low, helping the UK-controlled NWF to become a key chip production center.
However, the British government should also recognize the reality. The US government is unreliable. If the United States can master the production advantages of the key chips of new energy vehicles, how could it be given to the United Kingdom? At present, the United States is promoting the "Quadangle Chip Alliance" in order to control the chip industry.
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