By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Customers of Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia are working with the company on a workaround to bypass a feud between the Europe-based unit and its packaging plant in China, ​two sources close to the firm told Reuters. The workaround, previously unreported, is not a permanent solution, nor feasible ‌for smaller clients, but offers a patch that could relieve some pressure on the auto market, where a scarcity of Nexperia chips has dented some production ‌of cars an ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Some automakers may halt operations in Brazil within two to three weeks if the global chips supply crisis continues, an official said on Tuesday, adding the Brazilian government is contacting Chinese authorities to find a solution. Uallace Moreira, a secretary in Brazil's Development, Industry, Trade and Services Ministry, did not specify which automakers in Latin America's largest economy could be hit first by the global crisis, triggered by a stand-off between China and the Netherlan ...