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Dutch Government takes control of Chinese owned Chipmaker Nexperia.

Caute_cautim — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 01:07:09 GMT

Hi All

This morning, a friend texted me an FT news: ‘My company just got seized by the Dutch government.’ That’s how fast the rules are changing.

His company Nexperia had just been forcefully taken over by the Dutch government. He was stunned, unsure what this meant for his job or the hundreds of others employed there.

The official justification? - National security.

The real message? - The economic war just got upgraded.

The Dutch government has effectively frozen hashtag#Nexperia, a legally operating, Chinese-owned semiconductor firm, citing undefined “security risks.” Overnight, assets were seized, control shifted. No trial. No compensation. Just politics disguised as protection.

It’s a thuggish move — and a dangerous precedent. The hashtag#Netherlands, once a model of open trade and rule-based order, now risks looking like a vassal state, bending to Washington’s geopolitical whims. Or is Nexperia an unfortunate negotiating chip for ASML's access to rare earth supplies?

Still, the implications run deep:

• Which countries will next fall in line and which companies will be next to be usurped? Business continuity planning just went to a whole new level.

• Will more governments now be asked to pick a side, even those that have long prided themselves on neutrality — like hashtag#Singapore?

• This time round it’s a Chinese-owned company, could it be a Indian-owned, Indonesian-owned or Malaysian-owned company in future?

• Will investors start pulling back, judging deals not by returns but by which flag the money carries?

• If “national security” is the new get-out-of-jail card to rob, pillage and steal physical assets, what’s next — intellectual property, patents, data?

When economic warfare escalates to the political dimension, no one — not workers, not investors, not nations — walks away unscathed.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kokhow_nexperia-netherlands-singapore-activity-7383653649476075520-V2bm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABDJOQBQQrvUEu9Tk813CQtgtvZWdr_eDo

https://www.pekingnology.com/p/dutch-govt-accused-of-freezing-operations

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Dutch Government takes control of Chinese owned Chipmaker Nexperia.

dcontesti — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:50:39 GMT

There;s a lot to unpack here. But from what I read, it seems one sided.

I would like to see a matching article from the Dutch government to try to understand their rationale. Sorry if I missed it but I read this post and the LinkedIN site.

To answer a few of questions that you poised, I would not be able to comment with understanding or reading more of the facts.

Was their corruption happening?

Were business practices against laws, standards, etc of the country?

Is it appropriate for governments to interfere?

If you see something that articulates the Dutch governments side, I would love to read.

Re: Dutch Government takes control of Chinese owned Chipmaker Nexperia.

denbesten — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:08:55 GMT

Here is an article that conveys a more neutral tone and hypothesizes as to the government's motivation.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/dutch-government-took-control-nexperia-over-fears-it-was-being-gutted-sources-2025-10-27/

That said, who knows precisely where the truth lies, beyond the old maxim that "the truth lies somewhere in the middle".

My intention is to not take a stance on this issue in this forum outside of information security.

Re: Dutch Government takes control of Chinese owned Chipmaker Nexperia.

dcontesti — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:09:05 GMT

@denbesten You are absolutely correct, somewhere between these two takes there is the truth.

Have to say, based on this, I can understand the government stepping in.