Evidence and uncertainty

Reuters establishes the 7 March warning and the competing account of the IT action. Nexperia’s 9 March statement supplies the Dutch entity’s rebuttal. The Dutch government and court records establish the separate legal measures and prior disruption.

No reviewed source provides March 2026 output loss, allocation volumes, lead-time data or a probability estimate for a new global shortage. “Could trigger” remains a conditional claim and must not be rewritten as an observed shortage.