Dutch Resist US Call to Ban More Chip Equipment Sales to China

  • Netherlands-based ASML dominates market for advanced machines
  • US pressing for export controls to blunt China’s capabilities

An ASML Holding NV factory in Veldhoven, Netherlands.

Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg

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The Netherlands will defend its economic interests when it comes to the sales of chip equipment to China, a senior Dutch official said, further evidence of the country’s resistance to meekly following Washington’s attempts to cut off China from semiconductor technology.

The European country is home to ASML Holding NV, which dominates the market for one-of-a-kind, cutting-edge chipmaking equipment that has become a focus of the US government’s attempts to limit China. Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Liesje Schreinemacher told lawmakers on Tuesday that the Netherlands will make its own decision regarding ASML’s chip gear sales to China amid trade rule talks with the US and other allies.