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Economics Affairs Minister Vincent Karremans said he was suspending an earlier order to take control of Nexperia under a rarely invoked Cold War-era law.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

So the threat worked. Who would have guessed? Sounds like the dutch have smart people in power.

[–] Frozentea725@feddit.uk 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sorry, I'm a little out the loop, the threat by whom, China to restrict exports?

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The Dutch government had cited national security concerns and “serious governance shortcomings” when it took effective control of Nexperia, which is headquartered in the city of Nijmegen but owned by China’s Wingtech Technology.

Karremans said he was suspending his order issued in late September as a “show of goodwill” in a decision that came after “constructive meetings” with Chinese authorities over the past few days.

Basically the chinese were doing a shit job of running this vital chip company so the Dutch government said "Get your shit together or we are taking your company". And thats what they did for a few weeks which apparently led to the holding of a “constructive meetings with Chinese authorities"

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

“constructive meetings with Chinese authorities"

I hope they really were constructive.

Also the Dutch got a lot of heat from basically everywhere ( Europe), the Chinese maybe too, because of the chipshortages. So there was pressure coming from everywhere.

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