If one day CATL or BYD are added to the US’s whichever restriction lists (not entirely unlikely), do the massive plants that they have built or will be building also face the risk of seizure?
To be clear, CALT is already on the US DoD's 1260H sanction list, which labels it as a Chinese military company.
Another case of the "principal-agent problem" in the current generation of European leadership. They invariably act in Washington's interest, and force their own national businesses and population to suffer for it.
Shame tho because Nexperia made a nice line of discrete and logic chips that I loved, and they were the go-to supplier for those. Certain products like specific ESD diodes will be disruptive to sub out (ie talking about minor PCB redesign). We bought safety stock for professional projects, like we did during the Covid supply chain episode.
Not sure if US automakers are impacted - that might be only the way out of this in the short term, since Washington will not show mercy to the likes of VW/Audi. Longer term I think the message should be clear to global investors - EU is a lost cause, don't waste your money.
People and enterprises of china are paying the price for Beijing's diplomatic weakness. china has been obsessed with playing the role of a gentleman in international interactions, yet as the saying goes, "the gentleman can be deceived by righteousness." Beijing is reluctant to use its power to protect its overseas citizens and companies, even though it has many tools at its disposal. For instance, it has long been unwilling to exert sufficient pressure on its impoverished southern neighbor, Myanmar, to crack down on telecom fraud. It was only after information about numerous chinese being scammed out of their life savings and subjected to brutal abuse and murder could no longer be suppressed online that Beijing began to genuinely urge Myanmar to cooperate in combating telecom fraud. The Netherlands, of course, leans toward the United States because Beijing's long-term weak foreign policy means they do not fear serious retaliation from china, even if they forcefully seize china enterprises. Despite its relentless domestic propaganda about "Great Rejuvenation," its citizens and companies abroad are left to fend for themselves.
As a French citizen of African descent with a keen interest in BRICS+ affairs, I must say that the level of entrenched ignorance that exists in my country leaves me speechless. There is a minority of people who are aware that the world is changing and that humility time has arrived for the global west. I try to have constructive conversations about China and Russia, 2 countries I've had the chance to visit and deeply admire. I must say that these conversations are difficult.
To answer your question, more than racism, people here are just drowning in ignorance and misconceptions, and to be fair, most western media feed their delusional perceptions of the world, so it's very hard for people to realize how off they are. And then, cultural arrogance and the struggle to even consider that there may be alternative narratives to reality kinda seals their fate.
My best friend recently woke up. Took many years, but it happened. He stopped watching news on TV, and somehow the spell ended. Now he gets informed online. He realizes how many versions of everything are out there, and then he's smart enough to draw more realistic conclusions -i.e life in China and Russia may actually be better in many pragmatic ways than the new French everyday robbed of every public dime for the sake of a war that will be lost no matter how long it lasts.
Incidentally, he's Italian. I do notice that Italians seem to be slightly more aware of the new world dynamics.
But in any case, the few of us who are awake across the west are almost like prisoners. We can't openly express ourselves. We can't criticize our governments' choices. It kinda looks like the only viable option is to leave, cross the "wall" (built by the global west itself) and be reunited with the rest of the multipolar world -which to me makes more sense on many levels.
This is how I shared with my friends, from my limited knowledge, what happened with the Netherlands and Nexperia. I’m a journalist by trade and couldn’t stand the embarrassingly biased coverage. Thank you for this article!!!
Nexperia and the New Face of Economic Nationalism in Europe
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1. The event
• Dutch government invoked emergency law to assume control over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, citing “governance risks.”
• Wingtech (China) legally bought Nexperia in 2019 — an approved, transparent transaction.
• The move stops short of nationalisation but gives the state veto power over key decisions.
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2. The stated rationale
• Officials frame it as a national-security measure to protect chip supply and technological know-how.
• Intervention aligns with wider EU and U.S. efforts to secure semiconductor production.
⸻
3. The underlying reality
• Nexperia’s technology was developed in Europe, but 80% of production is now in China — meaning cooperation, not isolation, sustains the business.
• By acting against its own legal framework for open investment, the Netherlands signals that geopolitical alignment trumps market principles.
⸻
4. The double standard
• Western or U.S. ownership in strategic sectors rarely triggers “security” scrutiny.
• When Chinese investors are involved, economic nationalism is rebranded as risk management.
⸻
5. The cost
• Potential chip shortages already affect European automakers (e.g. Volkswagen).
• Long term, this may erode investor trust and accelerate tech decoupling — precisely what Europe says it wants to avoid.
⸻
6. The takeaway
Europe faces a choice:
• Defend liberal market principles, even when inconvenient,
or
• Join the new age of strategic protectionism, where ownership depends on geopolitics, not law.
the corruption at play from Nexperia insiders to Trump admin inside traders is something to behold. American is rotten to the core, but they usually keep it behind a plastic wrapper. That they can't waste time with the wrapping says something about the last minute rush before everything becomes impossible, as even the insurance on shorts defaults will become defaults.
Trump isn't in control of anything, not even his bladder. He is used like a PA (Tannoy for UK readers). The reason he is all over the place is no one person is able to exert total control over the microphone screwed into his back-end.
If one day CATL or BYD are added to the US’s whichever restriction lists (not entirely unlikely), do the massive plants that they have built or will be building also face the risk of seizure?
To be clear, CALT is already on the US DoD's 1260H sanction list, which labels it as a Chinese military company.
Another case of the "principal-agent problem" in the current generation of European leadership. They invariably act in Washington's interest, and force their own national businesses and population to suffer for it.
Shame tho because Nexperia made a nice line of discrete and logic chips that I loved, and they were the go-to supplier for those. Certain products like specific ESD diodes will be disruptive to sub out (ie talking about minor PCB redesign). We bought safety stock for professional projects, like we did during the Covid supply chain episode.
Not sure if US automakers are impacted - that might be only the way out of this in the short term, since Washington will not show mercy to the likes of VW/Audi. Longer term I think the message should be clear to global investors - EU is a lost cause, don't waste your money.
People and enterprises of china are paying the price for Beijing's diplomatic weakness. china has been obsessed with playing the role of a gentleman in international interactions, yet as the saying goes, "the gentleman can be deceived by righteousness." Beijing is reluctant to use its power to protect its overseas citizens and companies, even though it has many tools at its disposal. For instance, it has long been unwilling to exert sufficient pressure on its impoverished southern neighbor, Myanmar, to crack down on telecom fraud. It was only after information about numerous chinese being scammed out of their life savings and subjected to brutal abuse and murder could no longer be suppressed online that Beijing began to genuinely urge Myanmar to cooperate in combating telecom fraud. The Netherlands, of course, leans toward the United States because Beijing's long-term weak foreign policy means they do not fear serious retaliation from china, even if they forcefully seize china enterprises. Despite its relentless domestic propaganda about "Great Rejuvenation," its citizens and companies abroad are left to fend for themselves.
So is it just racism then?
As a French citizen of African descent with a keen interest in BRICS+ affairs, I must say that the level of entrenched ignorance that exists in my country leaves me speechless. There is a minority of people who are aware that the world is changing and that humility time has arrived for the global west. I try to have constructive conversations about China and Russia, 2 countries I've had the chance to visit and deeply admire. I must say that these conversations are difficult.
To answer your question, more than racism, people here are just drowning in ignorance and misconceptions, and to be fair, most western media feed their delusional perceptions of the world, so it's very hard for people to realize how off they are. And then, cultural arrogance and the struggle to even consider that there may be alternative narratives to reality kinda seals their fate.
My best friend recently woke up. Took many years, but it happened. He stopped watching news on TV, and somehow the spell ended. Now he gets informed online. He realizes how many versions of everything are out there, and then he's smart enough to draw more realistic conclusions -i.e life in China and Russia may actually be better in many pragmatic ways than the new French everyday robbed of every public dime for the sake of a war that will be lost no matter how long it lasts.
Incidentally, he's Italian. I do notice that Italians seem to be slightly more aware of the new world dynamics.
But in any case, the few of us who are awake across the west are almost like prisoners. We can't openly express ourselves. We can't criticize our governments' choices. It kinda looks like the only viable option is to leave, cross the "wall" (built by the global west itself) and be reunited with the rest of the multipolar world -which to me makes more sense on many levels.
This is how I shared with my friends, from my limited knowledge, what happened with the Netherlands and Nexperia. I’m a journalist by trade and couldn’t stand the embarrassingly biased coverage. Thank you for this article!!!
Nexperia and the New Face of Economic Nationalism in Europe
⸻
1. The event
• Dutch government invoked emergency law to assume control over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, citing “governance risks.”
• Wingtech (China) legally bought Nexperia in 2019 — an approved, transparent transaction.
• The move stops short of nationalisation but gives the state veto power over key decisions.
⸻
2. The stated rationale
• Officials frame it as a national-security measure to protect chip supply and technological know-how.
• Intervention aligns with wider EU and U.S. efforts to secure semiconductor production.
⸻
3. The underlying reality
• Nexperia’s technology was developed in Europe, but 80% of production is now in China — meaning cooperation, not isolation, sustains the business.
• By acting against its own legal framework for open investment, the Netherlands signals that geopolitical alignment trumps market principles.
⸻
4. The double standard
• Western or U.S. ownership in strategic sectors rarely triggers “security” scrutiny.
• When Chinese investors are involved, economic nationalism is rebranded as risk management.
⸻
5. The cost
• Potential chip shortages already affect European automakers (e.g. Volkswagen).
• Long term, this may erode investor trust and accelerate tech decoupling — precisely what Europe says it wants to avoid.
⸻
6. The takeaway
Europe faces a choice:
• Defend liberal market principles, even when inconvenient,
or
• Join the new age of strategic protectionism, where ownership depends on geopolitics, not law.
the corruption at play from Nexperia insiders to Trump admin inside traders is something to behold. American is rotten to the core, but they usually keep it behind a plastic wrapper. That they can't waste time with the wrapping says something about the last minute rush before everything becomes impossible, as even the insurance on shorts defaults will become defaults.
Hi Robert for mire background info see my post in LinkedIn
Trump isn't in control of anything, not even his bladder. He is used like a PA (Tannoy for UK readers). The reason he is all over the place is no one person is able to exert total control over the microphone screwed into his back-end.