Stage I – Denial

“There’s absolutely no China in this supply chain. We read the datasheet.”

Of course you did. Because when faced with complex geopolitical entanglement, nothing screams due diligence like believing a document that’s basically the IKEA manual of electronics. “Made in Europe”? Clearly, that includes the spiritually rebranded clock generator that left Wuxi Tuesday and became European by Thursday. It probably picked up a new accent and a culturally appropriate capacitor.