EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said on X that talks with Beijing and The Hague had moved forward, calling Nexperia “key to restoring a semiconductor supply chain.” The company, owned by China’s Wingtech Technology, had seen its operations disrupted after the Dutch government took control of its local unit on national-security grounds following U.S. export-control measures against its parent, raising fears of broader supply-chain disruption in the U.S.–China tech confrontation.