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U.S. preparing to force Netherlands to ban ASML from selling to China
nltimes.nl/2026/08/20/us-preparing-force-netherlands-ban-asml-selling-china
It’s time for Europe to decide if we want to be a US puppet state or independent.
As an European, I very much prefer not giving Russia’s ally important technology.
It’s pointless. They’ll just produce domestically whatever you refuse to sell them. And then ASML will lose its monopoly by having to compete with Chinese firms.
So your logic is “Give China everything they ask otherwise they will make their own and outcompete you”?
You know, that sounds awfully close to what Russians constantly say, but replace make with take
It’s not my logic, it’s what’s currently happening after the US imposed bans of certain technologies on China