
China has urged the Netherlands to reverse its intervention in Nexperia, a Dutch chip firm with Chinese ties, citing disruption to the global semiconductor supply chain. Beijing views the Dutch government's control of Nexperia as interference and has imposed retaliatory export curbs. Dutch officials maintain the intervention was necessary to prevent the transfer of company secrets and production to China, defending their decision despite Beijing's objections and characterization of the move as 'perplexing'.