Rem Korteweg
@remkorteweg.bsky.social
Senior Fellow Clingendael Institute, PhD.
Associate Fellow Chatham House
Foreign Policy - Trade - Security
Europe - US - UK/EU
Warning, may post in Dutch!
All posts personal, ofcourse
Associate Fellow Chatham House
Foreign Policy - Trade - Security
Europe - US - UK/EU
Warning, may post in Dutch!
All posts personal, ofcourse
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🚨Voorjaar 2026 verschijnt het! 🚨
Mijn 📚 boek over #Brexit komt uit bij #QueridoFacto
10 jaar na het #referendum: hoe is het zover gekomen en wat betekent het voor het VK 🇬🇧, de EU 🇪🇺 & voor ons 🇳🇱?
Over de zoektocht naar controle en identiteit
Over de spanning tussen globalisering en soevereiniteit
Mijn 📚 boek over #Brexit komt uit bij #QueridoFacto
10 jaar na het #referendum: hoe is het zover gekomen en wat betekent het voor het VK 🇬🇧, de EU 🇪🇺 & voor ons 🇳🇱?
Over de zoektocht naar controle en identiteit
Over de spanning tussen globalisering en soevereiniteit
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨Voorjaar 2026 verschijnt het! 🚨
Mijn 📚 boek over #Brexit komt uit bij #QueridoFacto
10 jaar na het #referendum: hoe is het zover gekomen en wat betekent het voor het VK 🇬🇧, de EU 🇪🇺 & voor ons 🇳🇱?
Over de zoektocht naar controle en identiteit
Over de spanning tussen globalisering en soevereiniteit
Mijn 📚 boek over #Brexit komt uit bij #QueridoFacto
10 jaar na het #referendum: hoe is het zover gekomen en wat betekent het voor het VK 🇬🇧, de EU 🇪🇺 & voor ons 🇳🇱?
Over de zoektocht naar controle en identiteit
Over de spanning tussen globalisering en soevereiniteit
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
"China will take appropriate measures to ensure the resumption of trade from Nexperia’s facilities in China, allowing production of critical legacy chips to flow to the rest of the world."
Want het had niets met de VS te maken... 🧐
"China will take appropriate measures to ensure the resumption of trade from Nexperia’s facilities in China, allowing production of critical legacy chips to flow to the rest of the world."
Want het had niets met de VS te maken... 🧐
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China
REBALANCING TRADE WITH CHINA: This week in the Republic of Korea, President Donald J. Trump reached a trade and economic deal with President Xi Jinping of
www.whitehouse.gov
November 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
"China will take appropriate measures to ensure the resumption of trade from Nexperia’s facilities in China, allowing production of critical legacy chips to flow to the rest of the world."
Want het had niets met de VS te maken... 🧐
"China will take appropriate measures to ensure the resumption of trade from Nexperia’s facilities in China, allowing production of critical legacy chips to flow to the rest of the world."
Want het had niets met de VS te maken... 🧐
Last poll in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 before today's election appears to suggest a neck-to-neck race between PVV, D66, GroenLinks/PvdA and CDA.
BUT... always read the fine-print:
Only 26% of the Dutch electorate knew for certain what they would vote on the eve of the election!
Lots could still change.
BUT... always read the fine-print:
Only 26% of the Dutch electorate knew for certain what they would vote on the eve of the election!
Lots could still change.
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Last poll in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 before today's election appears to suggest a neck-to-neck race between PVV, D66, GroenLinks/PvdA and CDA.
BUT... always read the fine-print:
Only 26% of the Dutch electorate knew for certain what they would vote on the eve of the election!
Lots could still change.
BUT... always read the fine-print:
Only 26% of the Dutch electorate knew for certain what they would vote on the eve of the election!
Lots could still change.
Fun fact:
🇳🇱 The Netherlands exports more goods to either Germany, Belgium or France individually, than it does to the United States 🇺🇸 and China 🇨🇳 *combined*
#internalmarketmatters
🇳🇱 The Netherlands exports more goods to either Germany, Belgium or France individually, than it does to the United States 🇺🇸 and China 🇨🇳 *combined*
#internalmarketmatters
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fun fact:
🇳🇱 The Netherlands exports more goods to either Germany, Belgium or France individually, than it does to the United States 🇺🇸 and China 🇨🇳 *combined*
#internalmarketmatters
🇳🇱 The Netherlands exports more goods to either Germany, Belgium or France individually, than it does to the United States 🇺🇸 and China 🇨🇳 *combined*
#internalmarketmatters
Volvo and VW warn Nexperia battle risks triggering factory shutdowns - on.ft.com/47a3nNS via @FT
The problem with chips shortages is that they hit a diverse range of components producers, which sell to a diverse set of car manufacturers. So the real impact is not yet clear.
The problem with chips shortages is that they hit a diverse range of components producers, which sell to a diverse set of car manufacturers. So the real impact is not yet clear.
Volvo and VW warn Nexperia battle risks triggering factory shutdowns
Carmakers say disruption to chip supplies could affect production amid calls for diplomatic solution to dispute
on.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Volvo and VW warn Nexperia battle risks triggering factory shutdowns - on.ft.com/47a3nNS via @FT
The problem with chips shortages is that they hit a diverse range of components producers, which sell to a diverse set of car manufacturers. So the real impact is not yet clear.
The problem with chips shortages is that they hit a diverse range of components producers, which sell to a diverse set of car manufacturers. So the real impact is not yet clear.
Shock by-election result in Wales
Take a look at Reform, Lab and Tories.
Major shift in electoral preferences.
Harbinger for nation-wide shifts?
Take a look at Reform, Lab and Tories.
Major shift in electoral preferences.
Harbinger for nation-wide shifts?
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Shock by-election result in Wales
Take a look at Reform, Lab and Tories.
Major shift in electoral preferences.
Harbinger for nation-wide shifts?
Take a look at Reform, Lab and Tories.
Major shift in electoral preferences.
Harbinger for nation-wide shifts?
Pretty astonishing, when you think about it.
One of the world's most open economies and one of the countries most dependent on global trade, the Netherlands, has triggered a substantial supply chain disruption in the global car industry
Yes, its hand was forced, but still...
One of the world's most open economies and one of the countries most dependent on global trade, the Netherlands, has triggered a substantial supply chain disruption in the global car industry
Yes, its hand was forced, but still...
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Pretty astonishing, when you think about it.
One of the world's most open economies and one of the countries most dependent on global trade, the Netherlands, has triggered a substantial supply chain disruption in the global car industry
Yes, its hand was forced, but still...
One of the world's most open economies and one of the countries most dependent on global trade, the Netherlands, has triggered a substantial supply chain disruption in the global car industry
Yes, its hand was forced, but still...
Nexperia’s China unit says staff can ignore orders from Dutch headquarters - on.ft.com/3Li2FoW via @FT
Escalatory, but predictable statement, from the Chinese.
Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot and the Chinese government (de facto) nationalised a European firm? How would we react?
Escalatory, but predictable statement, from the Chinese.
Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot and the Chinese government (de facto) nationalised a European firm? How would we react?
Nexperia’s China unit says staff can ignore orders from Dutch headquarters
Tensions escalate between Beijing and The Hague over control of Chinese-owned, Netherlands-based chipmaker
on.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Nexperia’s China unit says staff can ignore orders from Dutch headquarters - on.ft.com/3Li2FoW via @FT
Escalatory, but predictable statement, from the Chinese.
Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot and the Chinese government (de facto) nationalised a European firm? How would we react?
Escalatory, but predictable statement, from the Chinese.
Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot and the Chinese government (de facto) nationalised a European firm? How would we react?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...
"The Dutch government's takeover of #Nexperia was "a clear example of how the American rule harms the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies", a Chinese ministry spokesperson said.
Well, so much for the Chinese belief in Dutch autonomy...
"The Dutch government's takeover of #Nexperia was "a clear example of how the American rule harms the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies", a Chinese ministry spokesperson said.
Well, so much for the Chinese belief in Dutch autonomy...
The Small Company in Europe Caught in the Big Trade War Between the U.S. and China
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...
"The Dutch government's takeover of #Nexperia was "a clear example of how the American rule harms the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies", a Chinese ministry spokesperson said.
Well, so much for the Chinese belief in Dutch autonomy...
"The Dutch government's takeover of #Nexperia was "a clear example of how the American rule harms the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies", a Chinese ministry spokesperson said.
Well, so much for the Chinese belief in Dutch autonomy...
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
Standards are key to economic security, boosting competitiveness and promoting trade, but the system is fragile
How are geopolitical developments impacting the EU's standard-setting process and how should the system adjust?
www.clingendael.org/publication/...
Standards are key to economic security, boosting competitiveness and promoting trade, but the system is fragile
How are geopolitical developments impacting the EU's standard-setting process and how should the system adjust?
www.clingendael.org/publication/...
Raising the standard: How to unlock the geopolitical potential of Europe’s internal market
This report concludes that the EU should not abandon its hybrid model but invest in making it more strategic and resilient. The European Commission should strengthen standardisation’s role in its indu...
www.clingendael.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
Standards are key to economic security, boosting competitiveness and promoting trade, but the system is fragile
How are geopolitical developments impacting the EU's standard-setting process and how should the system adjust?
www.clingendael.org/publication/...
Standards are key to economic security, boosting competitiveness and promoting trade, but the system is fragile
How are geopolitical developments impacting the EU's standard-setting process and how should the system adjust?
www.clingendael.org/publication/...
US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal - on.ft.com/3WrYfhH via @FT
US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal
Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans
on.ft.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal - on.ft.com/3WrYfhH via @FT
October 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Rem Korteweg
Mark Rutte marks one year as head of NATO.
"His ability to effectively deal with internal tensions and political fissures is proven'', says @remkorteweg.bsky.social to @terischultz.bsky.social. ''The problem is: We don't know how durable this is.''
www.dw.com/en/how-has-m...
"His ability to effectively deal with internal tensions and political fissures is proven'', says @remkorteweg.bsky.social to @terischultz.bsky.social. ''The problem is: We don't know how durable this is.''
www.dw.com/en/how-has-m...
How has Mark Rutte navigated his first year as NATO head? – DW – 10/01/2025
Mark Rutte was dubbed "Teflon Mark" for his resilience over 14 years as the prime minister of the Netherlands, a relatively long tenure for a European head of government. On Wednesday, he marks one ye...
www.dw.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Mark Rutte marks one year as head of NATO.
"His ability to effectively deal with internal tensions and political fissures is proven'', says @remkorteweg.bsky.social to @terischultz.bsky.social. ''The problem is: We don't know how durable this is.''
www.dw.com/en/how-has-m...
"His ability to effectively deal with internal tensions and political fissures is proven'', says @remkorteweg.bsky.social to @terischultz.bsky.social. ''The problem is: We don't know how durable this is.''
www.dw.com/en/how-has-m...
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
1:1 ratio for imported and domestically-produced semicomductors
(And yes, tariffs are the enforcement mechanism)
1:1 ratio for imported and domestically-produced semicomductors
(And yes, tariffs are the enforcement mechanism)
Exclusive | Trump Takes Aim at Chip Makers With New Plan to Throttle Imports
The administration wants domestic manufacturing to match imports and would impose tariffs on those companies that don’t step up production.
www.wsj.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
1:1 ratio for imported and domestically-produced semicomductors
(And yes, tariffs are the enforcement mechanism)
1:1 ratio for imported and domestically-produced semicomductors
(And yes, tariffs are the enforcement mechanism)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
With quotes from yours truly.
It's always good to talk to @stevenerlanger.bsky.social
With quotes from yours truly.
It's always good to talk to @stevenerlanger.bsky.social
Some Europeans Fear Trump Aides Want a Far-Right Takeover
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
With quotes from yours truly.
It's always good to talk to @stevenerlanger.bsky.social
With quotes from yours truly.
It's always good to talk to @stevenerlanger.bsky.social
Important development for European economic security
EU consolidates export control powers to bypass Russia - on.ft.com/3IquI4y via @FT
EU consolidates export control powers to bypass Russia - on.ft.com/3IquI4y via @FT
EU consolidates export control powers to bypass Russia
Brussels steps in as ‘Wassenaar’ pact on stopping transfer of dual-use technology is hobbled by Moscow
on.ft.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Important development for European economic security
EU consolidates export control powers to bypass Russia - on.ft.com/3IquI4y via @FT
EU consolidates export control powers to bypass Russia - on.ft.com/3IquI4y via @FT
Europe drags its heels on Draghi plan as global rivals surge - on.ft.com/46fjWYh via @FT
Europe drags its heels on Draghi plan as global rivals surge
A year after former Italian PM’s report on competitiveness, EU implements just 11% of his ideas
on.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Europe drags its heels on Draghi plan as global rivals surge - on.ft.com/46fjWYh via @FT