Sino-Dutch dispute over chipmaker Nexperia puts car sector supply chain at risk

Semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia’s homebase in Nijmegen – the biggest city in Gelderland, the Netherlands’ largest province – offers few clues that it sits in the eye of a storm that threatens to disrupt the global car industry’s supply chain.
Dutch daily newspaper De Gelderlander, for example, featured more local stories including an explosion at a neighbourhood cannabis store, referred to as “coffeeshop”.
There were no banner headlines to be found about talks in Brussels on Tuesday between…