Dutch study warns chip sector at high risk of Chinese interference

The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, in a government-funded report, rated the Dutch semiconductor industry at very high risk of Chinese foreign interference and called for stricter vetting at sites including ASML.

Why it matters: The Netherlands controls ASML, the sole maker of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines essential to advanced chipmaking, making it a chokepoint in the US-China chip conflict. A domestic study urging tighter vetting adds pressure toward further export controls, alongside separate US efforts to restrict Chinese memory chips.