[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @fbermingham Finbarr Bermingham Finbarr Bermingham posts on X about china, eu, beijing, germany the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 2970 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::29694955/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +149% - X Month XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX +277% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX +53% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::29694955/posts_active)  - X Week XXX +25% - X Month XXX +18% - X Months XXXXX +198% - X Year XXXXX +37% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::29694955/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +1.60% - X Month XXXXXX +3.10% - X Months XXXXXX +16% - X Year XXXXXX +25% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::29694955/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [stocks](/list/stocks) [finance](/list/finance) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [bundesliga](/list/bundesliga) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [currencies](/list/currencies) [social networks](/list/social-networks) **Social topic influence** [china](/topic/china) #1162, [eu](/topic/eu) #673, [beijing](/topic/beijing) #332, [germany](/topic/germany) #1771, [asml](/topic/asml) #12, [japan](/topic/japan), [the first](/topic/the-first), [les](/topic/les) #777, [will be](/topic/will-be) #2629, [hong kong](/topic/hong-kong) #388 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@engineroglufw](/creator/undefined) [@miriammlex](/creator/undefined) [@olofgill](/creator/undefined) [@zichenwanghere](/creator/undefined) [@sandertordoir](/creator/undefined) [@laurensdassen](/creator/undefined) [@voltnederland](/creator/undefined) [@edwardfishman](/creator/undefined) [@noahbarkin](/creator/undefined) [@kopspvv](/creator/undefined) [@gahlermichael](/creator/undefined) [@danlucas86](/creator/undefined) [@xiaofeixu](/creator/undefined) [@johndelury](/creator/undefined) [@ft](/creator/undefined) [@jaywatt](/creator/undefined) [@andybounds](/creator/undefined) [@ipacglobal](/creator/undefined) [@ruehlig](/creator/undefined) [@ascrmmc](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [British American Tobacco (BTI)](/topic/british-american-tobacco) [BlackRock Inc (BLK)](/topic/blackrock) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "This was the article about the Mule. I will try not to yield to the temptation to labour the tenuous metaphor in a piece of my own but I can't make any promises" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998127742596886629) 2025-12-08T20:29Z 28.1K followers, 1503 engagements "Last year ASML sold an essential chip machine part to a military research institute of CETC one of China's key defence companies. A Chinese quantum institute was also a customer" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998294910567338349) 2025-12-09T07:33Z 28.1K followers, 10.4K engagements "With Nvidia getting a free hand to sell the most advanced chips to China how long will the US imposed export controls on ASML last Or is it a case for Europe of: do as I say not as I do" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998312568155164809) 2025-12-09T08:43Z 28.1K followers, 9444 engagements "ASML is Europe's last true strategic chokepoint plenty will believe the controls are right regardless of how they got there. But the imbalance here will be jarring for others with Washington changing course overnight" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998312570047136114) 2025-12-09T08:43Z 28.1K followers, 1264 engagements "Hong Kong: "We continue to closely monitor individual cases under NSL inc Chow Hang-tung & Jimmy Lai whose deteriorating health is deeply concerning. Extraterritorial application of NSL & arrest warrants for individuals outside HK inc one EU citizen remain unacceptable"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998654068193960348) 2025-12-10T07:20Z 28.1K followers, XXX engagements "@hollycwchik Sobering stuff: It does not make sense for China to be so dependent on Guinea and Australia. We can bring back to China their mineral sovereignty" "The company is also looking to expand its operation to countries including Brazil Saudi Arabia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan & India"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998660392453644435) 2025-12-10T07:45Z 28.1K followers, 1159 engagements "Clicked this story saying US envoy in Greece wants to force Chinese company Cosco out of Piraeus Port only to learn who that envoy is. "I think its very important to have American infrastructure here to help support the region" says Kimberly Guilfoyle" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1990522260348682420) 2025-11-17T20:47Z 28K followers, 2265 engagements "Doesn't seem like great news for Germany Volkswagen has said it can produce an electric vehicle entirely made in China for half the cost of doing so elsewhere as the German automaker fights to reclaim its share in the worlds biggest market" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1993567659787522147) 2025-11-26T06:29Z 28.1K followers, 52.6K engagements "Looked at a Union Berlin shirt at the airport today north of XXX euros. Total rip off Forgive me for doubting whether a group containing British American Tobacco PMI and "Deep Vaping" is seriously concerned about customer health and safety" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1994096476880842888) 2025-11-27T17:30Z 28.1K followers, 2538 engagements "Breaking: the EU has formally terminated its WTO case against China over the coercion of Lithuania This blockbuster case came after Lithuania opened a controversially named Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1995538384752615929) 2025-12-01T17:00Z 28K followers, 18K engagements "Breaking: the EU has formally terminated its WTO case against China over the coercion of Lithuania This blockbuster case came after Lithuania opened a controversially named Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1995538475433570442) 2025-12-01T17:00Z 28.1K followers, 10.2K engagements "Sejourne: "Japan was a source of inspiration for us. the Japanese Resource Centre has really served as an example for us in Europe but also around the world. And many international delegations actually go to Japan to see how it works how they deal with CRMs"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996225930209931432) 2025-12-03T14:32Z 28.1K followers, XXX engagements "Sejourne on Solvay - the Belgian minerals firm which recently signed an offtake deal with a US co "What we want is for Solvay to be in contact with European businesses so that the best stocks are not XXX% bought by US companies that are diversifying their source of supply"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996229051766222978) 2025-12-03T14:44Z 28.1K followers, XXX engagements "55% of Europeans want to maintain an equal distance from US and China rather than aligning with one of the two superpowers over the other new Eurobazooka poll shows Surprisingly of X countries polled Spain - which has drawn closer to China - wants to align most with the US" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996487263950168216) 2025-12-04T07:50Z 28.1K followers, 24.6K engagements "Ireland Spain Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out of Eurovision after decision not to hold vote on Israels participation" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996715944576438323) 2025-12-04T22:59Z 28.1K followers, 3626 engagements "Export controls may have been the economic weapon of choice in 2025 but the Dutch minister at the centre of the Nexperia crisis has admitted he was blindsided by Beijing blocking the companys chips from leaving China" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998178449629465) 2025-12-05T17:40Z 28.1K followers, 16.7K engagements "An assessment was made of possible counterreactions; this wasnt the most likely reaction from China said Vincent Karremans the Dutch Economy Minister in a debate on the Nexperia saga in the House of Representatives on Thursday evening" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998222372356200) 2025-12-05T17:40Z 28.1K followers, 12.8K engagements "On October X five days after Karremans triggered the Goods Availability Act to prevent Nexperias Chinese owners from transferring production capacity from Europe to China Beijing restricted the shipment of finished chips from the companys back-end plants in Dongguan" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998244153315565) 2025-12-05T17:40Z 28.1K followers, 11.8K engagements "It is there that XX% of its estimated 10bn legacy chips are tested & packaged each year - an obvious chokepoint at a time in which they have been mercilessly exploited by major superpowers. How could this not have been the most logical point of retribution Who is advising him" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998266110517509) 2025-12-05T17:41Z 28.1K followers, 11K engagements "During a long hearing Karremans - whose behaviour was described variously as reckless sloppy and amateurish - was quizzed on why he did not predict Beijings response which caused some global auto giants to idle production lines due to a shortage of chips" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998287925100703) 2025-12-05T17:41Z 28.1K followers, 11.5K engagements "@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland Karremans: "You never know how China will react. theres no certainty about that. When you make a decision you never have any certainty about how it will unfold You never consider a scenario in isolation but in relation to a degree of probability you think it will occur"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998397652349179) 2025-12-05T17:41Z 28K followers, 8822 engagements "@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland The minister was forced to deny claims from several lawmakers that a planned trip to China was cancelled because ministers in Beijing refused to see him. Why isnt the minister going to China next week Because the Chinese ministers cant be there Isnt that strange" @KopsPVV" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998419622068694) 2025-12-05T17:41Z 28K followers, 8443 engagements "@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV Karremans confirmed that the EU was not consulted in advance of his decision because he was worried about leaks which could have sparked a scramble to remove the technology from Europe" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998573171360245) 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 7125 engagements "@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV (This reminds me of the time I met a British diplomat in Hong Kong who was pleased their March 2021 sanctions on China had not leaked because they'd left the EU when Brussels' had leaked weeks earlier. China had its retaliation ready to go vs EU but not UK)" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998594994335952) 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 11.3K engagements "@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV If the intention to make this decision became public it could have had serious consequences. If the acting party in this case the CEO in question had learned of what we were about to do irreversible steps could have been taken quickly" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998638573113362) 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 6711 engagements "@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV With the dust still far from settled lawmakers pressed Karremans on what happens now: whether China will resume full shipments whether Europe can restore trust in his decision-making and whether the diplomatic damage with Beijing can be repaired" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998660832313697) 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 6567 engagements "@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV The minister talked up his consultations with China saying that he had suspended the order as a diplomatic gesture to Beijing as they had taken the first step towards us in permitting the flow of chips from Nexperias Dongguan plant" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998682730742194) 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 6525 engagements "Macron "We recognize they are very good in certain areas. But we cannot constantly import. Chinese companies must come to Europe just as EDF and Airbus came to China before them and create value and opportunities for Europe"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1997678854236786906) 2025-12-07T14:45Z 28.1K followers, 2948 engagements "Taiwan / Japan: "Unlike Germany Japan has not thoroughly reflected on its history of aggression even XX years after World War II. The one-China principle is an important political foundation of China-Germany relations leaving no room for ambiguity."" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998035143743717400) 2025-12-08T14:21Z 28.1K followers, 2089 engagements "Nexperia NL sent an open letter to Nexperia China Says the Chinese arm is ghosting it. Urges cooperation to "restore predictable established supply flows without delay" Next step: restore joint corporate governance "adhering to lawful instructions from Nexperia BV global mgmt"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1994154216042999869) 2025-11-27T21:19Z 28.1K followers, 69.1K engagements "Would be quite something if Europe's antitrust regulators blocked CK Hutchison's Spanish port sales to Blackrock / MSC Reuters says a probe is in the works. Remember this came out of the Panama Canal saga earlier this year (feels like a lifetime ago)" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1994174505292316815) 2025-11-27T22:40Z 28.1K followers, 6770 engagements "German companies are accelerating efforts to partner with Chinese rivals About XX% of surveyed firms were planning to deepen engagement with Chinese partners up from XX% in 2021" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1995881505936019812) 2025-12-02T15:43Z 28.1K followers, 85.8K engagements "Macron greeted by Wang Yi upon landing in Beijing "Macron was accompanied by a delegation of more than XX people including nearly XX chief executives from sectors ranging from energy to aviation."" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996187715197423905) 2025-12-03T12:00Z 28.1K followers, 99K engagements "BREAKING: EU launches two new plans to de-risk from China after a brutal year caught between Washington and Beijing pressure. My report - plus a thread on what is actually new Back to the drawing board: EU revives faltering China de-risking plans" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996220687032238117) 2025-12-03T14:11Z 28.1K followers, 15.5K engagements "Hold on to your hats - the EU Commission has fined Elon Musk's X XXX million for breaches of its digital services act including: - Deceptive design of X's blue checkmark' - Lack of transparency of X's ads repository - Failure to provide researchers access to public data" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996904703704121671) 2025-12-05T11:29Z 28.1K followers, 13K engagements "New: Dutch minister admits being blindsided by Chinas retaliation in Nexperia chip crisis In which I read an 18000 word transcript of Karremans' Nexperia hearing in the Dutch House of Representatives so you don't have to" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1996998156639224287) 2025-12-05T17:40Z 28.1K followers, 187.3K engagements "Many economists are increasingly convinced Europes largest economy is in the grips of a China shock. Chinese buyers and suppliers have become cutthroat competitors. German exports to China have been dropping like a stone Chinas exports to Germany hurtle in the other direction" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1997577894751551612) 2025-12-07T08:04Z 28.1K followers, 43.5K engagements "In October 2015 Germany ran a US$630 million trade surplus with China. By October 2025 it flipped to a US$1.78 billion deficit a swing of XXX% in the last decade. In the first XX months of this year alone Chinas trade surplus with Germany soared XXX% vs a year earlier" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1997577916582973735) 2025-12-07T08:04Z 28.1K followers, 5100 engagements "Most interesting quote in Macron post China interview in Les Echos is on ASML He proposes "mutual dismantling of our aggressive policies such as restrictions on the export of semiconductor machinery on European side and. rare earths on Chinese side"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1997678722976010354) 2025-12-07T14:44Z 28.1K followers, 95.8K engagements "Chinese customs data for November out this morning - another huge surge in exports to Europe and more horrible numbers for Germany China's exports in Nov XX vs Nov XX (value terms USD) to EU +14.8% Germany +15.5% Netherlands +7.4% France +17.5% Italy +25.4%" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1997947691670683697) 2025-12-08T08:33Z 28.1K followers, 13.1K engagements "Wow - seems Germans not in the first batch of granted rare earth export licenses by China Johann Wadephul on his visit to China asked if German companies received licenses: "We have received signals but there is still quite a lot of work to be done"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1997969344123281521) 2025-12-08T09:59Z 28.1K followers, 14.6K engagements "Sven Biscop on the NSS "The immediate lesson is this: offering concessions does not work. The supposed trade deal that the EU agreed on with the US on the Turnberry golf course last summer was a shameful surrender. And what did it get us: this NSS."" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998003556012458085) 2025-12-08T12:15Z 28.1K followers, 1758 engagements "The EU has quietly renewed its sanctions on four Chinese officials and one organisation for their role in human rights violations in Xinjiang - procedural move done last week without fanfare along with other sanctions rollovers - via @engineroglu_fw" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998017648735522890) 2025-12-08T13:11Z 28.1K followers, 9519 engagements "Oh my god - this is insane trolling of German foreign minister Wadephul by Wang Yi in the Chinese readout of their rescheduled meeting in Beijing "While the visit has been fraught with difficulties as the Chinese saying goes 'good things come to those who wait'" 🫣" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998035077347881317) 2025-12-08T14:20Z 28.1K followers, 24.2K engagements "Wang: "The timing of the visit is not the issue; what matters is the purpose. It should be for cooperation not for arguments; for enhancing understanding and trust not for widening differences. The world is currently experiencing a period of turmoil and instability"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998035099678310645) 2025-12-08T14:21Z 28.1K followers, 2181 engagements "Blunt section on Taiwan & Japan "Wang Yi elaborated on China's principled position on the Taiwan issue from historical factual and legal perspectives pointing out the serious harm caused by the erroneous remarks made by the current Japanese leader regarding Taiwan" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998035121543270602) 2025-12-08T14:21Z 28.1K followers, 2148 engagements "Been reading the Foundation novels chronologically this year after a Foreign Affairs article compared the Mule to Trump. I'm on book X. Between interregna & Seldon crises I can't help but think there are good metaphors for Europe's predicament and the fraying of the West" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998127720790646914) 2025-12-08T20:29Z 28.1K followers, 22.7K engagements "A threat to Europes political life: EU reels from new US security strategy My piece on the fallout to Trump's new Europe doctrine This is quite straightforwardly a programme for regime change in Europe" - Henry Farrell" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998293624694382961) 2025-12-09T07:28Z 28.1K followers, 14.7K engagements "Franco-German axis pulling in opposite directions on China Paris: Europeans will be forced to take strong measures and to de-cooperate following the example of the US Berlin: Such measures should only be considered as a last resort and we should be extremely cautious" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998475554798911907) 2025-12-09T19:31Z 28.1K followers, 21.4K engagements "A rare EU statement in Chinese for International Human Rights Day "There's been no substantial improvement in China's overall human rights situation" Says systemic restrictions on minority groups' rights to enjoy their own culture and language. risk erasure of their cultures"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998653934194372715) 2025-12-10T07:20Z 28.1K followers, 9876 engagements "Media: "Journalists and bloggers continue to face intimidation surveillance arrest prosecution harsh sentences simply for performing professional duties. foreign journalists in China face numerous restrictions including harassment surveillance obstruction of reporting"" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998654046484234432) 2025-12-10T07:20Z 28.1K followers, XXX engagements "European tech firm helping China turn low-grade bauxite once considered waste into high-quality feedstock for aluminium We're not saying we'll eliminate all imports but we can rebalance" Great reporting by my colleague @hollycwchik in Shanxi" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998660370609643617) 2025-12-10T07:45Z 28.1K followers, 6867 engagements "Instagram post by German foreign minister Wadephul He winks at the camera under a caption "Nobody wants to meet Wadephul in China". Cut to a showreel of meetings with Wang Wentao Wang Yi Han Zheng Zhao Leji The victorious Wadephul bathing in the glory of a few meetings 💪" [X Link](https://x.com/fbermingham/status/1998760298375680126) 2025-12-10T14:22Z 28.1K followers, 3767 engagements
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@fbermingham Finbarr Bermingham
Finbarr Bermingham posts on X about china, eu, beijing, germany the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 2970 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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Social Influence
Social category influence countries travel destinations technology brands stocks finance automotive brands bundesliga celebrities currencies social networks
Social topic influence china #1162, eu #673, beijing #332, germany #1771, asml #12, japan, the first, les #777, will be #2629, hong kong #388
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @engineroglufw @miriammlex @olofgill @zichenwanghere @sandertordoir @laurensdassen @voltnederland @edwardfishman @noahbarkin @kopspvv @gahlermichael @danlucas86 @xiaofeixu @johndelury @ft @jaywatt @andybounds @ipacglobal @ruehlig @ascrmmc
Top assets mentioned British American Tobacco (BTI) BlackRock Inc (BLK)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"This was the article about the Mule. I will try not to yield to the temptation to labour the tenuous metaphor in a piece of my own but I can't make any promises"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:29Z 28.1K followers, 1503 engagements
"Last year ASML sold an essential chip machine part to a military research institute of CETC one of China's key defence companies. A Chinese quantum institute was also a customer"
X Link 2025-12-09T07:33Z 28.1K followers, 10.4K engagements
"With Nvidia getting a free hand to sell the most advanced chips to China how long will the US imposed export controls on ASML last Or is it a case for Europe of: do as I say not as I do"
X Link 2025-12-09T08:43Z 28.1K followers, 9444 engagements
"ASML is Europe's last true strategic chokepoint plenty will believe the controls are right regardless of how they got there. But the imbalance here will be jarring for others with Washington changing course overnight"
X Link 2025-12-09T08:43Z 28.1K followers, 1264 engagements
"Hong Kong: "We continue to closely monitor individual cases under NSL inc Chow Hang-tung & Jimmy Lai whose deteriorating health is deeply concerning. Extraterritorial application of NSL & arrest warrants for individuals outside HK inc one EU citizen remain unacceptable""
X Link 2025-12-10T07:20Z 28.1K followers, XXX engagements
"@hollycwchik Sobering stuff: It does not make sense for China to be so dependent on Guinea and Australia. We can bring back to China their mineral sovereignty" "The company is also looking to expand its operation to countries including Brazil Saudi Arabia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan & India""
X Link 2025-12-10T07:45Z 28.1K followers, 1159 engagements
"Clicked this story saying US envoy in Greece wants to force Chinese company Cosco out of Piraeus Port only to learn who that envoy is. "I think its very important to have American infrastructure here to help support the region" says Kimberly Guilfoyle"
X Link 2025-11-17T20:47Z 28K followers, 2265 engagements
"Doesn't seem like great news for Germany Volkswagen has said it can produce an electric vehicle entirely made in China for half the cost of doing so elsewhere as the German automaker fights to reclaim its share in the worlds biggest market"
X Link 2025-11-26T06:29Z 28.1K followers, 52.6K engagements
"Looked at a Union Berlin shirt at the airport today north of XXX euros. Total rip off Forgive me for doubting whether a group containing British American Tobacco PMI and "Deep Vaping" is seriously concerned about customer health and safety"
X Link 2025-11-27T17:30Z 28.1K followers, 2538 engagements
"Breaking: the EU has formally terminated its WTO case against China over the coercion of Lithuania This blockbuster case came after Lithuania opened a controversially named Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius"
X Link 2025-12-01T17:00Z 28K followers, 18K engagements
"Breaking: the EU has formally terminated its WTO case against China over the coercion of Lithuania This blockbuster case came after Lithuania opened a controversially named Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius"
X Link 2025-12-01T17:00Z 28.1K followers, 10.2K engagements
"Sejourne: "Japan was a source of inspiration for us. the Japanese Resource Centre has really served as an example for us in Europe but also around the world. And many international delegations actually go to Japan to see how it works how they deal with CRMs""
X Link 2025-12-03T14:32Z 28.1K followers, XXX engagements
"Sejourne on Solvay - the Belgian minerals firm which recently signed an offtake deal with a US co "What we want is for Solvay to be in contact with European businesses so that the best stocks are not XXX% bought by US companies that are diversifying their source of supply""
X Link 2025-12-03T14:44Z 28.1K followers, XXX engagements
"55% of Europeans want to maintain an equal distance from US and China rather than aligning with one of the two superpowers over the other new Eurobazooka poll shows Surprisingly of X countries polled Spain - which has drawn closer to China - wants to align most with the US"
X Link 2025-12-04T07:50Z 28.1K followers, 24.6K engagements
"Ireland Spain Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out of Eurovision after decision not to hold vote on Israels participation"
X Link 2025-12-04T22:59Z 28.1K followers, 3626 engagements
"Export controls may have been the economic weapon of choice in 2025 but the Dutch minister at the centre of the Nexperia crisis has admitted he was blindsided by Beijing blocking the companys chips from leaving China"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:40Z 28.1K followers, 16.7K engagements
"An assessment was made of possible counterreactions; this wasnt the most likely reaction from China said Vincent Karremans the Dutch Economy Minister in a debate on the Nexperia saga in the House of Representatives on Thursday evening"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:40Z 28.1K followers, 12.8K engagements
"On October X five days after Karremans triggered the Goods Availability Act to prevent Nexperias Chinese owners from transferring production capacity from Europe to China Beijing restricted the shipment of finished chips from the companys back-end plants in Dongguan"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:40Z 28.1K followers, 11.8K engagements
"It is there that XX% of its estimated 10bn legacy chips are tested & packaged each year - an obvious chokepoint at a time in which they have been mercilessly exploited by major superpowers. How could this not have been the most logical point of retribution Who is advising him"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:41Z 28.1K followers, 11K engagements
"During a long hearing Karremans - whose behaviour was described variously as reckless sloppy and amateurish - was quizzed on why he did not predict Beijings response which caused some global auto giants to idle production lines due to a shortage of chips"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:41Z 28.1K followers, 11.5K engagements
"@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland Karremans: "You never know how China will react. theres no certainty about that. When you make a decision you never have any certainty about how it will unfold You never consider a scenario in isolation but in relation to a degree of probability you think it will occur""
X Link 2025-12-05T17:41Z 28K followers, 8822 engagements
"@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland The minister was forced to deny claims from several lawmakers that a planned trip to China was cancelled because ministers in Beijing refused to see him. Why isnt the minister going to China next week Because the Chinese ministers cant be there Isnt that strange" @KopsPVV"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:41Z 28K followers, 8443 engagements
"@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV Karremans confirmed that the EU was not consulted in advance of his decision because he was worried about leaks which could have sparked a scramble to remove the technology from Europe"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 7125 engagements
"@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV (This reminds me of the time I met a British diplomat in Hong Kong who was pleased their March 2021 sanctions on China had not leaked because they'd left the EU when Brussels' had leaked weeks earlier. China had its retaliation ready to go vs EU but not UK)"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 11.3K engagements
"@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV If the intention to make this decision became public it could have had serious consequences. If the acting party in this case the CEO in question had learned of what we were about to do irreversible steps could have been taken quickly"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 6711 engagements
"@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV With the dust still far from settled lawmakers pressed Karremans on what happens now: whether China will resume full shipments whether Europe can restore trust in his decision-making and whether the diplomatic damage with Beijing can be repaired"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 6567 engagements
"@LaurensDassen @VoltNederland @KopsPVV The minister talked up his consultations with China saying that he had suspended the order as a diplomatic gesture to Beijing as they had taken the first step towards us in permitting the flow of chips from Nexperias Dongguan plant"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:42Z 28.1K followers, 6525 engagements
"Macron "We recognize they are very good in certain areas. But we cannot constantly import. Chinese companies must come to Europe just as EDF and Airbus came to China before them and create value and opportunities for Europe""
X Link 2025-12-07T14:45Z 28.1K followers, 2948 engagements
"Taiwan / Japan: "Unlike Germany Japan has not thoroughly reflected on its history of aggression even XX years after World War II. The one-China principle is an important political foundation of China-Germany relations leaving no room for ambiguity.""
X Link 2025-12-08T14:21Z 28.1K followers, 2089 engagements
"Nexperia NL sent an open letter to Nexperia China Says the Chinese arm is ghosting it. Urges cooperation to "restore predictable established supply flows without delay" Next step: restore joint corporate governance "adhering to lawful instructions from Nexperia BV global mgmt""
X Link 2025-11-27T21:19Z 28.1K followers, 69.1K engagements
"Would be quite something if Europe's antitrust regulators blocked CK Hutchison's Spanish port sales to Blackrock / MSC Reuters says a probe is in the works. Remember this came out of the Panama Canal saga earlier this year (feels like a lifetime ago)"
X Link 2025-11-27T22:40Z 28.1K followers, 6770 engagements
"German companies are accelerating efforts to partner with Chinese rivals About XX% of surveyed firms were planning to deepen engagement with Chinese partners up from XX% in 2021"
X Link 2025-12-02T15:43Z 28.1K followers, 85.8K engagements
"Macron greeted by Wang Yi upon landing in Beijing "Macron was accompanied by a delegation of more than XX people including nearly XX chief executives from sectors ranging from energy to aviation.""
X Link 2025-12-03T12:00Z 28.1K followers, 99K engagements
"BREAKING: EU launches two new plans to de-risk from China after a brutal year caught between Washington and Beijing pressure. My report - plus a thread on what is actually new Back to the drawing board: EU revives faltering China de-risking plans"
X Link 2025-12-03T14:11Z 28.1K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Hold on to your hats - the EU Commission has fined Elon Musk's X XXX million for breaches of its digital services act including: - Deceptive design of X's blue checkmark' - Lack of transparency of X's ads repository - Failure to provide researchers access to public data"
X Link 2025-12-05T11:29Z 28.1K followers, 13K engagements
"New: Dutch minister admits being blindsided by Chinas retaliation in Nexperia chip crisis In which I read an 18000 word transcript of Karremans' Nexperia hearing in the Dutch House of Representatives so you don't have to"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:40Z 28.1K followers, 187.3K engagements
"Many economists are increasingly convinced Europes largest economy is in the grips of a China shock. Chinese buyers and suppliers have become cutthroat competitors. German exports to China have been dropping like a stone Chinas exports to Germany hurtle in the other direction"
X Link 2025-12-07T08:04Z 28.1K followers, 43.5K engagements
"In October 2015 Germany ran a US$630 million trade surplus with China. By October 2025 it flipped to a US$1.78 billion deficit a swing of XXX% in the last decade. In the first XX months of this year alone Chinas trade surplus with Germany soared XXX% vs a year earlier"
X Link 2025-12-07T08:04Z 28.1K followers, 5100 engagements
"Most interesting quote in Macron post China interview in Les Echos is on ASML He proposes "mutual dismantling of our aggressive policies such as restrictions on the export of semiconductor machinery on European side and. rare earths on Chinese side""
X Link 2025-12-07T14:44Z 28.1K followers, 95.8K engagements
"Chinese customs data for November out this morning - another huge surge in exports to Europe and more horrible numbers for Germany China's exports in Nov XX vs Nov XX (value terms USD) to EU +14.8% Germany +15.5% Netherlands +7.4% France +17.5% Italy +25.4%"
X Link 2025-12-08T08:33Z 28.1K followers, 13.1K engagements
"Wow - seems Germans not in the first batch of granted rare earth export licenses by China Johann Wadephul on his visit to China asked if German companies received licenses: "We have received signals but there is still quite a lot of work to be done""
X Link 2025-12-08T09:59Z 28.1K followers, 14.6K engagements
"Sven Biscop on the NSS "The immediate lesson is this: offering concessions does not work. The supposed trade deal that the EU agreed on with the US on the Turnberry golf course last summer was a shameful surrender. And what did it get us: this NSS.""
X Link 2025-12-08T12:15Z 28.1K followers, 1758 engagements
"The EU has quietly renewed its sanctions on four Chinese officials and one organisation for their role in human rights violations in Xinjiang - procedural move done last week without fanfare along with other sanctions rollovers - via @engineroglu_fw"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:11Z 28.1K followers, 9519 engagements
"Oh my god - this is insane trolling of German foreign minister Wadephul by Wang Yi in the Chinese readout of their rescheduled meeting in Beijing "While the visit has been fraught with difficulties as the Chinese saying goes 'good things come to those who wait'" 🫣"
X Link 2025-12-08T14:20Z 28.1K followers, 24.2K engagements
"Wang: "The timing of the visit is not the issue; what matters is the purpose. It should be for cooperation not for arguments; for enhancing understanding and trust not for widening differences. The world is currently experiencing a period of turmoil and instability""
X Link 2025-12-08T14:21Z 28.1K followers, 2181 engagements
"Blunt section on Taiwan & Japan "Wang Yi elaborated on China's principled position on the Taiwan issue from historical factual and legal perspectives pointing out the serious harm caused by the erroneous remarks made by the current Japanese leader regarding Taiwan"
X Link 2025-12-08T14:21Z 28.1K followers, 2148 engagements
"Been reading the Foundation novels chronologically this year after a Foreign Affairs article compared the Mule to Trump. I'm on book X. Between interregna & Seldon crises I can't help but think there are good metaphors for Europe's predicament and the fraying of the West"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:29Z 28.1K followers, 22.7K engagements
"A threat to Europes political life: EU reels from new US security strategy My piece on the fallout to Trump's new Europe doctrine This is quite straightforwardly a programme for regime change in Europe" - Henry Farrell"
X Link 2025-12-09T07:28Z 28.1K followers, 14.7K engagements
"Franco-German axis pulling in opposite directions on China Paris: Europeans will be forced to take strong measures and to de-cooperate following the example of the US Berlin: Such measures should only be considered as a last resort and we should be extremely cautious"
X Link 2025-12-09T19:31Z 28.1K followers, 21.4K engagements
"A rare EU statement in Chinese for International Human Rights Day "There's been no substantial improvement in China's overall human rights situation" Says systemic restrictions on minority groups' rights to enjoy their own culture and language. risk erasure of their cultures""
X Link 2025-12-10T07:20Z 28.1K followers, 9876 engagements
"Media: "Journalists and bloggers continue to face intimidation surveillance arrest prosecution harsh sentences simply for performing professional duties. foreign journalists in China face numerous restrictions including harassment surveillance obstruction of reporting""
X Link 2025-12-10T07:20Z 28.1K followers, XXX engagements
"European tech firm helping China turn low-grade bauxite once considered waste into high-quality feedstock for aluminium We're not saying we'll eliminate all imports but we can rebalance" Great reporting by my colleague @hollycwchik in Shanxi"
X Link 2025-12-10T07:45Z 28.1K followers, 6867 engagements
"Instagram post by German foreign minister Wadephul He winks at the camera under a caption "Nobody wants to meet Wadephul in China". Cut to a showreel of meetings with Wang Wentao Wang Yi Han Zheng Zhao Leji The victorious Wadephul bathing in the glory of a few meetings 💪"
X Link 2025-12-10T14:22Z 28.1K followers, 3767 engagements