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1. andrewstuart · 1790684220 · focus · HN ↗

   Good thing the Netherlands isn’t the most critical single node for advanced chip equipment, cause that could become awkward.

   Oh wait, it is.

   But it’s ok because Us President has made it clear the the USA doesn’t need anything Europe has. So, not a problem.

   1. petcat · 1790685508 · focus · HN ↗

      The US government already exerts extensive control over ASML's business. The Netherlands can't leverage it in any kind of strategic way because a large part of the technology itself is American and it's very hard to untangle. It's the true definition of a "multi national" company.

      1. llm_nerd · 1790685834 · focus · HN ↗

         >a large part of the technology itself

         A tiny fraction of the technology itself started as an ineffective "American" invention, copying a Japanese discovery/invention. In fact when ASML acquired the company, specifically because it couldn't do what they wanted and they needed to vastly improve it, a Japanese company had a superior product in the same space, but ASML saw the Japanese company as too much political baggage given how protectionist the Japanese often are.

         How funny it all turned out, right?

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