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*US TELLS ASML IT'S CONCERNED CHINA MAY HAVE TOP CHIP TOOL
Lutnick effectively accusing $ASML of espionage. Yikes
5:55 PM · Jun 18, 2026 · 54.1K Views
US Commerce Department warns ASML that a restricted EUV lithography machine may have reached China
AI Judge changed title after evaluation, original title: "US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says an ASML EUV lithography machine entered China in violation of export controls"
Story Overview
The Commerce Secretary has taken the unusual step of sitting down with ASML leaders to voice direct worry that one of the company’s scarce, top-tier EUV lithography tools may have found its way to China, breaching the export controls the US has pushed on its Dutch ally.
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What ASML Claims About Its Own Machines
The company insists it has never shipped a complete EUV system, or even the specialized modules needed to run one, into China, noting that these tools are made in tiny numbers and need constant on-site service from its own staff.
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No details have surfaced on what evidence prompted the warning, whether any hardware actually crossed the border, or what enforcement steps Washington or The Hague might take next.
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Many users condemned US warnings to ASML about possible EUV machine exports to China as disgusting overreach that blocks technological development for others.
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