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@fbermingham Avatar @fbermingham Finbarr Bermingham

Finbarr Bermingham posts on X about china, beijing, russia, tariffs the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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Social category influence countries XXXX% travel destinations XXXX% finance XXXX% technology brands XXXX% social networks XXXX% stocks XXXX% currencies XXXX%

Social topic influence china #1153, beijing #678, russia #2651, tariffs 0.56%, eu #314, wechat #148, $ul #1, shell #135, asml #24, rare earth XXXX%

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Top assets mentioned Unilever plc (UL)

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"Budrys: "From Lithuania's experience it is absolutely clear we are stuck with endless discussions consultations and back and forth instead of acting fast. And our adversary is taking advantage of this of this slowness""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T08:41Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Yesterday X days after that story Beijing upped controls on rare earths also lesser-known things like superhard materials (synthetic diamonds) lithium-battery & graphite anode materials In all cases China dominates 80%+ of global supply. European industry will be hit hard"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-10T08:04Z 26.2K followers, 4973 engagements

"The impact on EU industry could be crippling while Kyiv worries what it might mean for their war effort against Russia given that many advanced armaments require rare earths"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T06:11Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@ZichenWanghere In an emailed statement Nexperia told me: We have no further comments. Nexperia complies with all existing laws and regulations export controls and sanctions regimes. For the same purposes we remain in regular contact with relevant authorities"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T17:53Z 26.3K followers, 8155 engagements

"Dutch newspaper NRC with new detail: "This is an exceptional emergency measure intended to prevent IP related to chips from disappearing abroad. According to insiders there were indications that Nexperia was planning to leak chip knowledge to China.""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T19:26Z 26.3K followers, 10.5K engagements

"@ZichenWanghere Story on this Chinas Wingtech says Dutch court freezes control of Nexperia amid national security dispute"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T17:44Z 26.3K followers, 14.9K engagements

""I think European countries have to realise that we should no longer let (the) US and China become technological leaders and lose to them" Aghion told reporters by phone during a press conference in Stockholm announcing this year's winners"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-13T12:31Z 26.3K followers, 1117 engagements

"In The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin intergalactic aliens face civilisational extinction because of their uncontrollable cosmic system in which the chaotic movements of the systems three suns will eventually destroy their planet"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T06:10Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Writing in his Volt Rush newsletter battery specialist Henry Sanderson said it may end the era of de-risking from China with Chinese technology"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T06:11Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"A quiet bombshell in Europes tech world The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia the Chinese-owned chipmaker citing national security according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T15:22Z 26.3K followers, 193.7K engagements

"Related to this: Chinas Dongfeng Motor Group is switching to plug-in hybrid electric vehicle full hybrids and even gasoline models to offset the EUs additional tariffs on Chinese-built batter-electric vehicles that went took effect last November"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-09-30T08:26Z 26.3K followers, 1451 engagements

"Wingtech statement now on its website - similar to deleted WeChat post: "We have activated all legal & diplomatic channels demanding Dutch gov immediately rescind its erroneous directive End to its systematic discrimination against Chinese companies""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-13T13:00Z 26.3K followers, 3166 engagements

"Looks like populist billionaire Andrej Babis will come out on top in Czech election Known to be much friendlier to China than current government. Will this see an extension of Beijings "silk curtain" running through Budapest Belgrade Bratislava"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-04T16:16Z 26.2K followers, 2163 engagements

"Danish foreign minister Rasmussen "We should have a tough response - we need European unity. We are the biggest trading bloc in the world we have a lot of muscles. We need to flex the muscles but at the same time we need to be realistic""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T08:32Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"This seems not great. The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has recorded evidence of China providing Russia with satellite intelligence data for missile strikes on Ukraine in particular on foreign investors' facilities"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-04T22:04Z 26.3K followers, 8936 engagements

"Unilever a Dutch company with sales of more than $X billion in China has launched an investigation into possible irregularities in its finances"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-15T15:24Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Chinese online rumours that Unilever and Shell are under investigation following the Dutch seizure of Nexperia Seems to be blogger-propagated (would also note that neither Unilever or Shell are actually Dutch companies anymore.)"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-15T15:24Z 26.3K followers, 7712 engagements

"ASML sees significant China demand drop ASML on Wednesday warned that it expected a significant fall in demand from China next year"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-15T05:54Z 26.3K followers, 29.7K engagements

"Story on this: EU to insist on Chinese tech transfer as it looks to flex its muscles on rare earth curbs"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T16:07Z 26.3K followers, 1693 engagements

"Things are so tumultuous some are turning to Chinese sci-fi to describe it Were actually in a time of a 3-body problem which is notoriously unstable and quirky it can take many shapes said Marc Moquette the special envoy for knowledge on China in the Dutch government"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T06:10Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"New - Europes 3-body problem: collapsing global order sparks hunt for new trajectory I got to write about one of my favourite Chinese sci-fi novels. Europe realising it cant fix systemic chaos is instead trying to shift its own orbit"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T06:10Z 26.3K followers, 15.8K engagements

"One of the winners of this year's Nobel economics prize France's Philippe Aghion on Monday warned Europe that it must not let the United States and China dominate technological innovation"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-13T12:31Z 26.3K followers, 1103 engagements

"Everywhere they look these days Europes politicians see chaos. The US is trashing the global order it built in its image. China is upending Europe's industrial upgrade by weaponising rare earths. Russia is waging a hot war at EU borders that threatens to spill over"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T06:10Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Toledo "What we call overcapacity but the Chinese call involution. is causing an even worse trend in our trade balance. In the first X months of 2025 not only have imports from China grown substantially but exports are falling again""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-09T07:43Z 26.2K followers, XXX engagements

"Over 5bn ($680mn) off Wingtech market valuation this morning as it falls the maximum permitted 10%"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-13T06:39Z 26.3K followers, 4906 engagements

"Budrys: Economic security doctrine "must be developed to the level where we all agree that we have to act proactively not only defend ourselves but also shape the environment around us""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T08:41Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Not just rare earths. Battery anodes materials superhard materials synthetic diamonds etc Brutal day for international industry"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-09T13:30Z 26.3K followers, 80.9K engagements

"Today we will get XX% EU steel tariffs aimed at tackling cheap Chinese imports. Industry chief Stphane Sjourn was forced to deny that the bloc is mimicking Trump in the EP yesterday evening"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-07T04:57Z 26.2K followers, 51K engagements

"Story on this: EU to insist on Chinese tech transfer as it looks to flex its muscles on rare earth curbs"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T16:07Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"@ZichenWanghere Days later Dutch and German executives at Nexperia petitioned a court to suspend Wingtechs CEO Zhang Xuezheng and place the firms shares under temporary court management. The court agreed effectively sidelining Beijings control. "
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T15:22Z 26.3K followers, 13.9K engagements

"National level: - China's exports to Germany up XXXX% / imports from DE up XXX% - China's exports to France up XXX% / imports to FR up a whopping XXXX% - China's Dutch exports up XXXX% / imports down X% - China's Italian exports up XXXX% () / imports up 4.9%"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-13T07:09Z 26.3K followers, 1927 engagements

"It's a far cry from October 2019 when Daryl Morey's tweeted support of Hong Kong protesters got the NBA cancelled in China"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-09-08T13:16Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Sefcovic: "But clearly this is not something with which we can live in the future because it's really hampering the economic operations of companies in our case across the political community.""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T14:19Z 26.3K followers, 1389 engagements

"Finally getting around to finishing Borgen Power & Glory. Chinese ambassador being summoned by Danish foreign minister over a Chinese military drone launched over Greenland from a Russian base is just 🤯"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-07T20:00Z 26.2K followers, 1195 engagements

"Macron is considering bringing the Chinese into a discussion on global imbalances as part of Frances G7 presidency next year @noahbarkin reports"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-07T05:41Z 26.3K followers, 32.4K engagements

"Europe hunts for chokepoints it can weaponise against China in age of economic warfare My report on the search for leverage against coercion from Beijing and Washington. The elephant in the room: would it take for Brussels to act"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-03T11:02Z 26.2K followers, 115.2K engagements

"@ZichenWanghere The company accused The Hague of violating EU market-economy principles and discriminating against Chinese investors echoing Beijings long-standing complaint that Europe is securitizing tech""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T15:22Z 26.3K followers, 10.8K engagements

"Lithuanian foreign minister Budrys "To protect ourselves we have to develop the kit for economic security that's why for Lithuania it is really important that the economic security doctrine will be developed"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T08:39Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Leaders of Grenada Ethiopia Colombia DRC Angola South Africa Cabo Verde & Mauritania are in Brussels for VDL's Global Gateway Forum From Europe as well as commission PM of Luxembourg and deputy PMs of Poland and Belgium. As an EU diplomat told me today not a great look"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-08T12:20Z 26.2K followers, 1967 engagements

"@ZichenWanghere If I were a Dutch company with big business in China anyone apart from ASML which is indispensable - Id be shifting nervously in my seat tonight. Thinking of NXP ASM International Besi Philips FrieslandCampina"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T15:58Z 26.3K followers, 20.5K engagements

"Been thinking about this all week. On the train to the Hague I was reading Edward Fishman's 'Chokepoints' In 2018 when Trump cut ZTE off from US kit a newspaper run by Chinas Ministry of Science & Technology published a series of XX articles titled What Are Our Chokepoints"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-10T08:03Z 26.3K followers, 45.7K engagements

"Ireland home to huge Chinese investments. TikTok Huawei WuXi Biologics. XX Chinese companies HQ'd there some of which are in the crosshairs of US + EU regulators Lots of US companies also there (Intel Apple Meta X Pfizer). Beijing seems to view it as a "swing state""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-02-10T08:21Z 26.2K followers, 3045 engagements

"Macron calls for sector-by-sector tariffs to counter Chinese overcapacity What we started with the Chinese EVs what we follow with steel today we have to do sector by sector"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-02T08:28Z 26.2K followers, 47.2K engagements

"NEW: Statement now from the Dutch ministry of economic affairs Confirms good availability act has been invoked "following recent and acute signals of serious governance shortcomings and actions within Nexperia which posed a threat to. Dutch and European economic security""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T20:02Z 26.3K followers, 9307 engagements

"UK supermarket chain J Sainsbury said on Sunday that talks to sell its Argos business to one of Chinas largest retailers had collapsed adding that a deal was no longer in the interests of stakeholders"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-09-14T20:35Z 26.3K followers, 1296 engagements

"@ZichenWanghere Wingtechs response was furiousIn a WeChat statement (since deleted) it called the move a politicized coup orchestrated by the Dutch government and foreign executives"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T15:22Z 26.3K followers, 11.6K engagements

"So I guess being "tough" and "using muscles" actually means just talking to Beijing. Got it"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T08:35Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"NRC says it was done under "the goods availability act" "It is exceptional for this to be applied; it's a backup instrument for extraordinary eg war or an acute national emergency. The emergency in this case: the availability of chips for the European automotive industry""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-12T19:29Z 26.3K followers, 7542 engagements

"@noahbarkin Also in Noah's newsletter one yr after Berlin launched a 1bn critical minerals fund "not a single project has been approved despite roughly XX applications that have been submitted to state bank KfW""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-07T05:41Z 26.3K followers, 20.3K engagements

"New Chinese Sept trade data out this morning - here's the picture for the EU - China's exports to EU up XXXX% - China's imports from EU up XXX% - Despite rebound in import number trade surplus up XX% because of China's surging exports to $22.85bn in Sept All USD year on year"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-13T07:09Z 26.3K followers, 43.1K engagements

"Rasmussen: "This is actually an area where we have common interests with our friends in US. That's also why we shouldn't end up in trade war with US. We should avoid that. If we if we stick together we could much better pressure China to act in a fair way.""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-14T08:32Z 26.3K followers, 3978 engagements

"Gill: "Dutch gov is addressing a potential risk to both Dutch & wider EU economic security. Specifically the measure aims to safeguard on Dutch and European tech knowledge & capabilities. We recall protecting tech security is a priority of EU's economic security strategy""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-13T11:31Z 26.3K followers, 2716 engagements

""Online reports indicate that Dutch oil company Shell which owns more than 1000 gas stations and two large production facilities in Huizhou and Fujian in China as well as a liquefied natural gas terminal is under scrutiny by China's Ministry of State Security"
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-15T15:24Z 26.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Toledo "In 2022 the EU reached the Guinness Book of Records of trade deficits." It went down in 2023/4 but has grown in volume. "In 2022 for every container the EU sent to China China was sending XXX. We think in 2025 it is four or more""
X Link @fbermingham 2025-10-09T07:42Z 26.2K followers, XXX engagements