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Nexperia Forces Netherlands to Surrender to China -- Western Powers are a Joke to Chinese

2025-11-07 Science & Technology
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Geopolitical Fallout: The Netherlands' Miscalculation Over Nexperia Chips

Understand how a localized Dutch move regarding Nexperia semiconductors triggered global supply chain chaos and potentially damaged Western credibility on the world stage.

Short Summary

  • Nexperia chip supply crisis crippled global auto manufacturing, sparing only Toyota.
  • The Netherlands’ seizure of the China-owned Nexperia led directly to Chinese sanctions on exports.
  • Authorities are now reversing course, implicitly admitting European geopolitical leverage is limited compared to China.
  • The speaker criticizes this action as strategically foolish posturing that damages Western respect globally.

This segment analyzes the immediate economic disaster caused by political interference in the Nexperia semiconductor supply chain. The host details the global automotive production shutdowns resulting from Dutch regulatory action against the China-controlled firm and critiques the subsequent ineffective reversal of policy.

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Top Comments (10)

@ftu2021 2025-11-07

This is why the west loves Japan and S Korea. They would bend down anytime the west demands something

807 68 replies
@RandomUser1668 2025-11-07

US said to Netherlands:” you jump, I jump.” Then Netherland jumped into the deep freezing ocean. US said:” what an idiot.”

665 26 replies
@muddlethrough 2025-11-07

Just to be clear, the Netherlands lost to a Chinese company, not to China. And not the biggest Chinese company, just a sort of normal sized one. Netherlands caved to a middle sized Chinese company - that's just how powerful the Netherlands is now.

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@Headmaster2NZ 2025-11-08

Why do so many dislike China? What has China done other than make affordable products for the world and be successful. China is not an aggressive country. That title fits the U.S. the problem really is the misinformation, lies , of US propaganda.

502 83 replies
@muffetnellon 2025-11-07

Remember when the US ordered the daughter (CFO) of Huawei's CEO to be kidnapped? China remembers.

387 27 replies
@tinalyngrace 2025-11-07

China didn’t start this mess

354 3 replies
@FCastro-wm5yv 2025-11-07

Dutch got played by trump again... The perils of vassalage

318 9 replies
@lamclate956 2025-11-08

Honestly, China isn’t even scared of the super powerful U.S. plus a crazy guy like Trump—so what the hell does the Netherlands think it’s got to provoke China?

255 12 replies
@il_solito_troll 2025-11-07

Once trust is broken, I don't think Nexperia or any other large company will remain in the Netherlands. Other companies are just watching this disaster unfold. Many will choose to leave the country.

221 13 replies
@helenfeng7263 2025-11-07

Just watching EU parliament congratulate themselves on a collective bankruptcy, talk about winning a war with Russia that hasn’t been declared with an army they don’t have, bought with money they don’t own, led by leaders no one elected, to apparently defend the democratic world😂. Yeah, it’s the continent of delusion.

179 9 replies

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