- The number of positive corona tests has increased by 4.5 percent in the past week, the RIVM reports. The number of tests taken at the GGD also increased by 6.8 percent.
- Nearly 90 percent of Dutch companies have positive expectations for the coming twelve months, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Chamber of Commerce in the business surveyApproximately 12 percent of companies with five to twenty employees need extra money.
- The number of foreign tourists who spent the night in Dutch accommodation in the second quarter of this year is barely higher than that of the same period last year. In 2020, 800,000 tourists came to the Netherlands, compared to 900,000 this year, reports CBS.
- Samsung plans to invest $206 billion over the next three years in technologies such as semiconductors, robotics, biopharma and biotechnology, artificial intelligence and 6G. The plans come alongside the South Korean government's ambitious plans to invest heavily in its own chip production, writes the FD.
- China is investing heavily in green hydrogen. The country has approved the construction of a cluster of electrolysers powered by green electricity in Inner Mongolia, reports BloombergThe electrolysers should be able to produce 67,000 tons of hydrogen each year.
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