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Re:Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:32PM (#42771590)
> what are ASML and the Netherlands in general getting out of it?

Wow, the conspiracy theories in this thread are nuts.

The Netherlands is a port economy and agricultural exporter. The U.S. Navy protects the sea lanes it relies on. The Netherlands have been a reliable and natural American ally because our interests align--particularly when it comes to a war as potentially devastating to international trade as a Pacific conflict.

(Zooming in to ASML, their largest customer is TSMC.)

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Re:Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools by selimthegrim on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:38PM (#42771655)
Their intelligence agency might as well be a part of Five Eyes at this point.
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Re:Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools by barrenko on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:56PM (#42771826)
It's an incredibly short-sighted, and might I say, such a European question.
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