New Centrist Dutch Government Faces Complex Trade Challenges
Heleen Herbert and Rob Jetten stand in front of Willem-Alexander during the swearing-in ceremony in The Hague, on Feb. 23.
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Rob Jetten became the Netherlands’ youngest-ever prime minister on Monday, taking charge of a politically fractured country that needs to grow its military and navigate increasingly complex relationships with China and the US.
The pro-European Union leader was sworn in alongside his cabinet, which pulls from a governing coalition featuring Jetten’s center-left Democrats 66 group, the conservative Christian Democrats, and the center-right People’s Party.