Chipmaker Nexperia halts wafer supplies to its China plant

Move by Dutch-controlled company fans fears of global automotive semiconductor shortage

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An employee holds a box of wafers at Nexperia's main front-end semiconductor plant in Hamburg, Germany. © Reuters

EIKI HAYASHI

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Dutch-controlled Nexperia has halted shipments of wafers to a key assembly plant in China, in a move that has sparked concerns about a global shortage of automotive semiconductors.

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