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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by fwipsy on Monday October 13, 2025 @05:59PM (#45573796)
You could just add easily argue that the Dutch government has immense leverage over the US, since ASML controls the leading edge fab technology that underpins Nvidia etc. It seems more to me like a highly profitable partnership that neither side can credibly threaten to withdraw from.
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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by markus_zhang on Monday October 13, 2025 @11:04PM (#45575819)
Although without any proof, but the Cold War history convinces me that US usually has the better hands when dealing with EU. US has the bigger and better sticks.
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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by kelipso on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @06:31PM (#45585828)
Only with America can EU defend itself against a potential invasion from Russia. No comment on whether it will ever happen but there is no better hand than that.
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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by tick_tock_tick on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @04:11AM (#45577463)
> You could just add easily argue that the Dutch government has immense leverage over the US, since ASML controls the

Not really since the USA basically controls ASML. That's not even counting the USA's control over most of Europe especially the Netherlands.

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Re:Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker... by donohoe on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @06:50AM (#45578456)
Whatever control America is supposed to have is waning rapidly. America is doing a great job of ceding its soft-power and becoming an unreliable ally at best.
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