Post by Mark Neufurth

Indeed .... One is gradually #losing the ability to assess transatlantic issues with #due #care. #US #Accuses #ASML of #Sanction #Breach Over Alleged #EUV #Leak to #China (Source: Bloomberg) ** Severe Sanction Allegations: US #Commerce #Secretary Howard Lutnick has #accused Dutch lithography giant ASML of allowing one of its ultra-advanced Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) chip-making systems to be #smuggled into China, alleging #malicious deception by the European tech flagship. ** The Tracking Counter-Argument: ASML has vigorously #rejected the claims, entering an internal "#crisis #mode" and presenting documentation proving that all 314 active EUV systems are accounted for, noting that the massive machines #cannot be physically moved or operated without ASML's direct digital oversight. ** The Evidence Gap: Washington #has #not publicly disclosed its #evidence or specified what metrics would clear ASML's name, leaving the semiconductor monopoly in the #precarious position of having to definitively prove a negative to US inspectors. ** Transatlantic Strain: Because ASML is Europe's #most #valuable tech company and holds an #absolute global monopoly on advanced chip manufacturing hardware, an #unresolved #standoff threatens to severely damage already fraying US-EU trade and security relations.