US EditionNetherlands Seizes Chinese-Owned Chipmaker Nexperia
- On October 13, 2025 the Dutch government called its action at Nexperia `highly exceptional`, freezing Wingtech's control after ministry and court interventions.
- Invoking the `Goods Availability Act`, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs cited `acute signals of serious governance shortcomings` and said the September 30, 2025 letter aimed to prevent Nexperia's chip expertise from falling into Chinese hands.
- On October 1 three Nexperia directors petitioned the Amsterdam Enterprise Court for investigation and provisional measures, naming Ruben Lichtenberg, Stefan Tilger and Achim Kempe.
- Nexperia is barred from key corporate moves for one year, and Wingtech said it will seek government support and take actions to protect its rights as its Shanghai Stock Exchange shares fell 10% on Monday.
- Nexperia's high-volume chip role means the Dutch move follows Beijing's rare-earth export tightening Thursday and uses the Goods Availability Act, signaling exceptional intervention to protect Europe’s supply chains.
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Dutch government takes control of China-owned chipmaker in rare intervention
The Dutch government took control of a Chinese-owned chipmaker, a rare intervention that threatens to escalate tensions between Beijing and the West over access to critical technologies. Citing national security concerns, the Netherlands said it was worried about Nexperia possibly transferring tech to its Chinese parent company, Wingtech, which in response accused the Dutch government of “geopolitical bias.” Wingtech is already on a US blacklist…
Netherlands Takes Control of Chinese-Owned Chipmaker, Security Fears - American Faith
The Dutch government has stepped in to take control of semiconductor firm Nexperia, citing “highly exceptional” risks to European economic security stemming from the company’s Chinese ownership and governance gaps. Nexperia, based in Nijmegen in the Netherlands, is owned by China’s Wingtech Technology. Using the rarely invoked Goods Availability Act, the Netherlands intervened on September 30, asserting that Nexperia’s ownership structure threat…
The Dutch government has de facto taken over the control of the chip manufacturer Nexperia, headquartered in the Netherlands but owned by Chinese Wingtech Technology, for...
Why bother investing in the West? If it gets stolen anyway?
On September 30, 2025, the Dutch government dusted off a 1952 wartime emergency law — the Goods Availability Act — and used it for the first time in 73 years. The target? Nexperia, a Netherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer owned by Chinese firm Wingtech. Let's be clear about what this law was designed for. It was enacted during the early Cold War, when the Dutch government was genuinely worried about Soviet tanks rolling through the Fulda G…
Netherlands Seizes Chinese-Owned Chipmaker in Unprecedented Security Move
Sam Cooper Court-approved removal of executive Zhang Xuezheng bears hallmarks of counter-intelligence concern The Dutch government has taken control of Chinese-owned semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, invoking an urgent national-security law directed at Beijing to safeguard Europe’s access to critical technology used across the automotive and electronics industries. In a statement issued late Sunday, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said it ha…
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