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Re:US battery manufacturing output continues to break records by coldtea on Monday June 15, 2026 @06:40PM (#48548008)
LOL, EU and the Dutch tried to pull this shit with Nexperia, it failed miserably and they reversed course fast.
Re:US battery manufacturing output continues to break records by NoLinkToMe on Monday June 15, 2026 @06:49PM (#48548094)
These aren't comparable situations.

For one it's a peace-time situation where strong-arming interventions are met with consequences, in this case China can stop supply of critical products to punish the Dutch. In a wartime situation such supply would've been stopped anyway, so there is nothing further to lose and everything to gain from an intervention, but such an intervention is only possible if the factory is on your soil.

Second, Nexperia is a legitimate Dutch company with Dutch expertise. The Chinese bought it. The Dutch don't need Chinese expertise to operate the local factory they built and sold to the Chinese.

Third, China is a global hegemon, South Korea isn't by comparison, and South Korea is a neighbour of China, the Netherlands isn't. China could pressure a battery factory in South Korea during a military conflict by military force, but in Western Europe that's a different story.

Re:US battery manufacturing output continues to break records by Danox on Monday June 15, 2026 @09:55PM (#48549587)
A reversal can be done. It’s just that it takes long range planning capital and continued hard work.