> it being in Europe is perhaps a combination of European tradition and Europe wanting some part of the global chip production system The US doesn't randomly h

> it being in Europe is perhaps a combination of European tradition and Europe wanting some part of the global chip production system The US doesn't randomly hold export veto power on ASML through unilateral threats. EUV had a lot of tech transfer from the US of the initial research as the sibling comment lays out, and the agreements for those transfers allowed restrictions.