The ‘Trilateral strategy for the chemical industry’ is a cross-border cooperation between the Netherlands, Flanders and North Rhine-Westphalia. In September 2017 the Ministry of Economics, Innovation, Digitalisation & Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Department of Economy, Science & Innovation of the Flemish Region and the Netherlands Ministry for Economic Affairs presented a joint vision and strategy on the future improvement of this flagship industry.