Overview
- Vincent Karremans said he will travel to China in December after an initial civil‑service delegation held talks on the dispute.
- In late September he used an older law to block the transfer of Nexperia’s activities from Nijmegen to China.
- The government has since suspended that intervention to help repair the bilateral relationship and agreed to keep diplomatic channels open after ministerial calls.
- Karremans said the action targeted Nexperia’s chief executive over alleged covert shifts, not China, as the Enterprise Chamber suspended CEO Zhang Xuezheng.
- Critics say there was too little prior consultation; Karremans says the European Commission was notified, and Nexperia points to resistance from its Chinese unit.