We increasingly see how countries use the economy as a weapon. Think of blocks and levies or the creation of dependencies. You can also look at the escalation surrounding the Dutch chip company Nexperia from that context. Outgoing Minister Karremans intervened to prevent the Chinese owner from moving knowledge and production to China. When China responded by cutting off chip exports, the European car industry was in danger of coming to a standstill.
Today Maarten and Marike try to understand China by looking at the history of the country. And they want to know: how can Europe better arm itself against geo-economic threats in the future? Where are our vulnerabilities? When is it important to protect a company and prevent a takeover? And above all: how can governments make an economic-rational decision about this (in time)?
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