Explainer | A timeline of the Sino-Dutch row over the control of chipmaker Nexperia



When Dutch authorities seized control of chipmaker Nexperia almost two months ago, it resulted in a clash between the head office in Nijmegen and the company’s mainland China unit, which vowed to operate and meet orders as an independent enterprise.

Here are the milestones of the Nexperia crisis:

September 29

September 30

The Netherlands’ Ministry of Economic Affairs seized control of Nexperia, citing national security concerns and invoking an obscure 1952 law known as the Goods Availability Act. Nexperia was prohibited from relocating company assets without explicit permission from the Dutch government for a year.

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