The American export ban imposed last October prohibits non-US firms like ASML from shipping certain semiconductor chips and lithography machines containing US technology to China without a special license. Washington has been strong-arming allies to join its restrictions on strategic tech sales to China, citing Beijing’s military modernization and human rights abuses.
In July, the Dutch government reluctantly agreed to limit ASML’s exports of its advanced deep ultraviolet lithography systems to China. This week’s move saw the US intervene to halt some planned shipments of ASML’s cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet machines.
