Reports that the Netherlands plans to implement (under US pressure) new export restrictions of ASML equipment to China are increasing. In the name of national security, the US chip war against China has been escalating since 2022, when Washington took the first decisive steps to curb the Asian country’s semiconductor ambitions. Part of the US strategy has been applying pressure to ally countries such as the Netherlands — home to ASML. The Dutch tech company is the sole manufacturer of the world’s most advanced chipmaking machines. The Netherlands has curbed exports of ASML’s most sophisticated machines for high-end chips since…
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