The Netherlands takes over Chinese-owned chipmaker
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
US stock markets rebounded on Monday, and the Netherlands has taken control of a Chinese-owned semiconductor company. Plus, US President Donald Trump visited Jerusalem on Monday to celebrate the release of Israel’s hostages, and Europe’s lagging IPO market is starting to pick back up.
Mentioned in this podcast:
US stocks rebound after Donald Trump takes softer tone on China
Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
Trump arrives in Egypt after hailing ‘historic dawn of a new Middle East’
European IPO markets show signs of revival
Economics Nobel Prize awarded for explaining innovation-driven growth
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| 0:31.5 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Tuesday, October 14th, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:39.4 | US investors breathe a sigh of relief, and the Dutch government is taking over a Chinese-owned |
| 0:46.4 | chipmaker. Plus, European IPOs are finally picking back up. What I think you can call it is a glimmer |
| 0:53.6 | of hope in what's otherwise been a very |
| 0:55.7 | quiet, very downbeat market. |
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| 1:09.5 | U.S. stocks rebounded yesterday. The S&P 500 rose more than one and a half percent, |
| 1:16.5 | so it partially recovered from the 2.7 percent drop on Friday. That sell-off happened after |
| 1:24.1 | President Donald Trump threatened to impose new 100% tariffs on China. |
| 1:30.2 | But on Sunday, Trump appeared to walk back that threat. |
| 1:34.3 | He said that the U.S., quote, wants to help China not hurt it. |
| 1:39.3 | European markets experienced smaller drops on Friday, and they also made gains yesterday. |
| 1:51.2 | The Dutch government has taken control of the Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia. |
| 1:56.6 | The company is based in the Netherlands, but it's been majority owned by a Chinese technology |
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