Ministry for Foreign Trade and Development Aid

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Meeting between Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EC, and Donald Trump, President of the United States, to discuss transatlantic trade relations. 27 July 2025
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Dutch government relieved by EU-US trade deal; 15% tariffs on European goods
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Reinette Klever
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Dutch gov't to cut nearly €5 bil., not €2.4 bil., from development aid budget by 2029
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A container for ASML extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machinery is loaded into an airplane. May 2021
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ASML becoming a tool in the trade war between U.S., China, Dutch gov't fears
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Bombed buildings of Gaza during the Gaza war 2023-2025, 4 February 2025
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Dutch gov't sticking to diplomacy in Israel policy; Will evaluate military deliveries
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Donald Trump speaking with attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition's 2023 Annual Leadership Summit at the Venetian Convention & Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. 28 October 2023
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Dutch government seeks clarity on €1.5 million in unspent USAID donations
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Food being handed out to refugees at a camp in Uganda receiving assistance from the UN World Food Programme. 9 January 2023
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Netherlands pushing ahead with plan to send asylum seekers to Uganda
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Reinette Klever during the Transfer from Foreign Affairs on July 2, 2024
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Dutch gov't taking "Netherlands first" approach with development aid
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Dick Schoof
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Dutch PM applauds Israel-Hamas ceasefire as "major breakthrough"
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Dick Schoof
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Dutch gov't relieved by ceasefire in Lebanon; "Unlikely" NL will export arms to Israel
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Reinette Klever
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Netherlands cuts subsidies to NGO's by €1 billion
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Smoke rising from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, 7 October 2023
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Dutch gov't concerned about Israel banning UN Gaza-aid organization
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Reinette Klever during the Transfer from Foreign Affairs on July 2, 2024
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PVV Ministers say they didn't jump the gun with Uganda plan
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Reinette Klever
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Ugandan Minister says Dutch gov't never discussed asylum return center with them
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Food being handed out to refugees at a camp in Uganda receiving assistance from the UN World Food Programme. 9 January 2023
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Dutch PM Schoof only found out about Uganda plan on day PVV Ministers announced it
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Reinette Klever
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Mpox divides PVV: Minister makes €3 mil. vaccine pledge, another refuses to share doses
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A deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography engineer assembling a machine at an ASML facility in 2022.
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Netherlands tightens export restrictions on microchip machines, mainly targeting ASML
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GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans Timmermans speaking in the first parliamentary debate with the Schoof I Cabinet, 3 July 2024
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Left-wing leader Timmermans to file motion of no confidence against PVV Ministers
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PVV parliamentarian Marjolein Faber during a Tweede Kamer debate on state of correctional facilities in the Netherlands, 21 May 2024
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Far-right PVV to handle integration policy; Minister won’t apologize for discrimination
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The Torentje, the main office of the Prime Minister, in The Hague.
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PVV MP who demanded end to foreign aid will be aid minister; Last Minister jobs known