BEIJING China has said it will exempt some Nexperia chips from an export ban that was imposed over a row with Dutch officials and has alarmed European businesses. Anxiety over chip shortages began when the Netherlands invoked a Cold War-era law in late September to effectively take control of Nexperia, whose parent company Wingtech is backed by the Chinese government. China, in response, banned any re-exports of Nexperia chips to Europe and accused the United States of meddling in Dutch legal