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sort of off topic sorry, but has the newly elected Dutch guy taken a stand on the US ASML affair?
by qp11 3y ago
sort of off topic sorry, but has the newly elected Dutch guy taken a stand on the US ASML affair?
- midasz 3y agoNo, he's been busy trying to find someone who is not an embezzler[1] to talk to the other parties so they can form a cabinet. Didn't manage to find one in his own party. [1] https://nltimes.nl/2023/11/27/cabinet-formation-leader-resigns-fraud-allegations-hours-first-talks https://nltimes.nl/2023/11/27/cabinet-formation-leader-resig...
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoWhat US ASML affair?
- foobiekr 3y agoMaybe he means how ASML’s technology was developed by the US DoE and Intel and then licensed to ASML for political reasons including green lighting the acquisition of Cymer and deliberately excluding Canon from a license? I mean maybe. A lot of Europeans seem pretty confused about ASML.
- grotorea 3y agoEven with a plurality it's unclear he will manage to form a government, so maybe it won't matter. And for everyone who also hadn't heard about this: https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2023-10-24/dutch-lawmakers-question-new-us-export-restrictions-on-asml-chip-machine https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2023-10-24/... > AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Several Dutch lawmakers on Tuesday challenged the Netherlands' Trade Minister over whether the U.S. has acted correctly in unilaterally imposing new rules regulating the export to China of another chipmaking machine made by ASML Holding.
- belter 3y agoThat wont be necessary. The Chinese will get their files via the Russians... "Leaked documents show connections between PVV and Russia" - https://nltimes.nl/2023/10/19/leaked-documents-show-connections-pvv-russia https://nltimes.nl/2023/10/19/leaked-documents-show-connecti...