FILE PHOTO: ASML logo is seen near computer motherboard in this illustration taken January 8, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government is expected to lay out initial plans on Thursday to keep the country’s largest company ASML, from moving operations outside the Netherlands over concerns ranging from anti-immigration policies to...
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China asks Netherlands, with world-leading chipmaking equipment, to not decouple
China’s commerce minister spoke with his Dutch counterpart this week in a bid to dissuade the European country – exporter of the world’s top chipmaking equipment – from hi-tech decoupling, which would hurt Chinese efforts to develop their own advanced semiconductors. Wang Wentao and Geoffrey van Leeuwen, the Netherlands’ acting foreign trade minister, met in...
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Chinese leader warns Dutch not to put up barriers in wake of tech export ban
“Artificially creating scientific and technological barriers and fragmenting industrial and supply chains will only lead to division and confrontation.” EU sees 200% surge in Xinjiang imports despite human rights concerns The Netherlands is the home of ASML, the world’s biggest developer of advanced semiconductor equipment for chip makers, and the country has found itself caught...
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Xi Jinping to meet visiting Dutch PM, trade minister as hi-tech tensions surge
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will visit Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday, and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the Netherlands’ chip export policy strains ties between the two countries. The visit, which was confirmed by China’s foreign ministry on Monday, was aimed at discussing “bilateral and economic relations, the war in Ukraine and the...
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Eenmalige miljardeninvestering in ecosysteem rond ASML nodig om techparel te houden, volgens burgemeester Jeroen Dijsselbloem van Eindhoven
Burgemeester Jeroen Dijsselbloem van Eindhoven denkt dat een eenmalige miljardeninvestering van de overheid nodig is om ASML in Eindhoven te houden. De voormalig minister van Financiën pleit hiervoor in het Financieele Dagblad. Toch is Dijsselbloem ook dan niet zeker dat ASML voor Nederland kiest. Frankrijk en Duitsland zouden met miljarden het bedrijf proberen aan te...