Nexperia Chip Shipments Resume Amidst Dutch-Chinese Dispute

Imagine a company called Nexperia makes tiny but important computer parts, like switches, that cars need to work.

These parts are made in China.

Recently, the government of the Netherlands took over Nexperia because they were worried about its Chinese owner moving all the important technology to China.

Because of this, China stopped sending these car parts out.

This made car companies like Honda and Volkswagen worried they wouldn't have enough parts to build cars, and some had to slow down production.

But after leaders from different countries talked, China has agreed to let some of these car parts be shipped again.

Companies like Aumovio have already gotten some chips, and others are hopeful shipments will continue so they can build cars without interruption.