{"id":11169,"date":"2026-05-13T12:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/11169\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:12:23","slug":"netherlands-protests-us-proposal-to-further-bar-chip-giant-asml-from-china-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/11169\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands protests US proposal to further bar chip giant ASML from China market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch government has objected to a <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-war\/article\/3349413\/washington-pushes-allies-match-tougher-china-chip-curbs-under-new-bill?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">proposed US law<\/a> that would further restrict semiconductor equipment giant <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/asml?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ASML<\/a> from selling to China and servicing customers in the country.The Dutch company, the global market leader in the lithographic technology used to laser-print tiny circuits onto <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/semiconductors?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">microchips<\/a>, has seen its access to the Chinese market severely hampered by US sanctions.Now, as US lawmakers look to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3351199\/tech-war-us-congress-rolls-out-largest-export-control-upgrade-against-china?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">further choke<\/a> the European outfit off from the Chinese market, The Hague has lodged an official objection with Washington.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cGiven the possible impact of the Match Act on the Netherlands if adopted in its current form, the Netherlands has communicated its objections, particularly regarding the extraterritorial aspects, to both members of Congress and the US government,\u201d Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma said in written answers to lawmakers published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (Match) Act, introduced into the US Congress by a bipartisan group of lawmakers last month, would ban ASML from shipping lower-end deep ultraviolet lithography machines to Chinese buyers, and also prevent it from servicing existing customers there.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Currently, the company is banned from selling its most advanced extreme ultraviolet machines to China, as a result of sweeping US export controls designed to hobble Beijing\u2019s efforts to catch up with the West in chipmaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dutch government has objected to a proposed US law that would further restrict semiconductor equipment giant 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