Dutch Minister Opposes MATCH Act as 19% of ASML System Sales Come From China
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Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 25
Dutch Minister Opposes MATCH Act as 19% of ASML System Sales Come From China
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 25
Summary
Washington meetings this week saw Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma press Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and lawmakers to reject the MATCH Act, saying the stakes for the Netherlands are high.
The bill would bar Chinese chipmakers from Western semiconductor equipment and would hit ASML especially hard by extending curbs to its deep ultraviolet immersion machines, beyond the long-standing ban on its most advanced EUV tools.
China accounts for 19% of ASML’s net system sales, and the Dutch company is the world’s only maker of the lithography machines used to produce cutting-edge AI chips.
April’s bill has not yet reached a full House or Senate vote and would likely need to be folded into a broader legislative package to pass.