Nexperia halts chip supplies to China in threat to global car production

Dutch-controlled company informs customers about suspension but is said to want to de-escalate trade war

Nexperia, the EU-based automotive chipmaker at the centre of a geopolitical dispute, has suspended supplies to its Chinese factory, stepping up a trade war that threatens to halt production at carmakers around the world.

The company wrote to customers this week informing them all supplies to a Chinese plant had been suspended.