At the request of the Americans, Dutch chip machine maker ASML canceled deliveries to China before the export restrictions imposed on the company took effect. The news agency reported this Bloomberg tuesday
According to sources from Bloomberg ASML had permission to supply several advanced DuV machines to Chinese companies until the end of last year, but US officials have asked the company to refrain from doing so. That too has been noticed.
According to Bloomberg It is not clear how many machines have not been shipped, costing millions each. US National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan approached the Dutch government about the case late last year. But according to anonymous sources, Sullivan was asked to contact ASML directly about this.
A spokeswoman for the US government, the Dutch foreign ministry and ASML wants to object Bloomberg No comment on the issue.
ASML is the world leader in manufacturing chip machines. Semiconductor equipment is used to make chips for various applications such as smartphones, servers, electric cars and advanced military equipment.
Because of this, ASML has become a focus of geopolitical tensions between China and the US in recent years. The Americans want no advanced chip technology to be exported to China to prevent the Chinese from using the chips for military purposes.
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