Netherlands invoke rare emergency law to take charge of Chinese chipmaker

euronews (in English)

Netherlands invoke rare emergency law to take charge of Chinese chipmaker  The Dutch government has taken temporary control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia under emergency legislation, citing risks to national and European security and marking one of the most forceful state interventions in Europe’s tech sector to date.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/13/netherlands-invoke-rare-emergency-law-to-take-charge-of-chinese-chipmaker  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

Transcript

00:00The Dutch government has taken control of Chinese-owned semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia,

00:06based in the Netherlands, deploying a rarely used emergency statute to head off what it

00:13called risk to Dutch and European economic security. According to a statement, the decision

00:20aims to prevent a situation in which finished and semi-finished products produced by Nexperia

00:27would become unavailable in an emergency. The Goods Availability Act enables the state

00:34to block or reverse corporate decisions at the firm while allowing day-to-day production

00:41to continue. The move underscores a broader European shift toward using national security

00:48tools to control ownership and decision-making in sensitive tech supply chains. The action

00:54is also the latest flashpoint in Western efforts to shield semiconductor ecosystems amid intensifying

01:01US-EU export controls and investment screening targeting China.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended