# Narendra Modi ends Netherlands visit, boosting India-Netherlands trade, semiconductor and clean energy ties, securing ASML-Tata cooperation and return of Chola Copper Plates.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-16 · News18*

## Key points

- India and ASML-Tata are deepening cooperation to boost India's semiconductor manufacturing ambitions.
- Rare 11th-century Chola Copper Plates will be formally repatriated from the Netherlands to India.
- PM Modi and Dutch PM Dick Schoof explored new collaboration areas in global supply chains and innovation.
- The Netherlands remains India's second-largest trading partner in Europe and a leading tech investor.

**Companies:** ASML, Tata Group
**Countries:** India, Netherlands

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