The recent intervention by the Dutch government to seize control of Nexperia, citing the rarely-used “Goods Availability Act”, last invoked during the Cold War, has ignited a significant escalation in tensions with Beijing. This exceptional move sparked immediate retaliation from Beijing, which imposed export controls on Nexperia’s China operations, escalating the global tech decoupling crisis.
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To get to the heart of the matter, SCMP is hosting the webinar “Behind the Nexperia crisis and China-Netherlands tech tensions”. We have invited Marc Hijink, an investigative journalist from Dutch newspaper NRC known for his reporting on ASML and Nexperia.
We invite you to submit your questions for the webinar here.
Hijink will be joined by a panel from the SCMP newsroom, comprising:
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Finbarr Bermingham, SCMP chief Europe correspondent, who will analyse the issue from the European Union angle and amid the wider push for strategic autonomy
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Coco Feng, SCMP senior tech reporter, who will provide insights into the Chinese perspective, the corporate reaction and Beijing’s next moves.
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Zhou Xin, SCMP tech editor, who will moderate the session
The webinar will be released on this page by 9pm HKT on Friday, October 24.
About the panel
Marc Hijink, financial reporter and technology columnist, NRC