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Ryan Koch discusses the implications of the Dutch Government's invocation of the 1952 Good Availability Act and its impact on the Nexperia Crises.

Our host Ryan Koch talks about the Dutch Government's invocation of the 1952 Good Availablity Act. This action recently led to what's been referred to as the 'Nexperia Crises' creating a scenario where technical hardware manufacturing, supply chains, and geopolitics collided. ##### Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/hECzBJh

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Koch

Topics covered

• geopolitics
• hardware manufacturing
• supply chains
• legislation
• technology

Keywords

• Nexperia Crises
• Dutch Government
• Good Availability Act
• hardware manufacturing
• supply chains
• geopolitics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dutch Government, Monkey Warhol

Books & works: Tumbleweeds

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