“If you look at the geopolitical situation, I think it’s clear that the United States will continue to put pressure on its allies for further restrictions,” Fouquet said in an interview Tuesday during the Bloomberg Tech Summit in London. said. “The question is: What’s right for the Netherlands? What’s right for Europe?”
For years, the U.S. government has sought to limit China’s rise in semiconductors by repeatedly imposing export restrictions on sales of advanced artificial intelligence chips and chip-making equipment. The Dutch government is struggling to find a compromise between its ally the United States and the biggest market for its biggest companies.
Fouquet said much of ASML’s business with China focuses on mature technologies that have little to do with national security concerns.
