U.S. preparing to force Netherlands to ban ASML from selling to 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.

You can’t do that. There is a reason only one company in the entire world can do it. It’s because it’s really hard to do and it is an iterative technology.