{"id":734351,"date":"2026-06-19T18:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-us-says-an-asml-chip-tool-is-in-china-asml-denies-it\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:50:25","slug":"the-us-says-an-asml-chip-tool-is-in-china-asml-denies-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-us-says-an-asml-chip-tool-is-in-china-asml-denies-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The US says an ASML chip tool is in China. ASML denies it."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37c6216de45\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37c6216de45\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-us-says-an-asml-chip-tool-is-in-china-asml-denies-it\/#What_the_US_is_claiming\" >What the US is claiming<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-us-says-an-asml-chip-tool-is-in-china-asml-denies-it\/#ASMLs_flat_denial\" >ASML\u2019s flat denial<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-us-says-an-asml-chip-tool-is-in-china-asml-denies-it\/#The_accusation_is_hard_to_square\" >The accusation is hard to square<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-us-says-an-asml-chip-tool-is-in-china-asml-denies-it\/#The_bigger_squeeze\" >The bigger squeeze<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p>The US has accused the one company on Earth that makes the machines behind cutting-edge chips of letting one slip into China. It has not shown its proof, and the company says it never h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of recent meetings, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ASML\u2019s senior leaders that Washington believes one of its top-of-the-line lithography machines may have made its way into China, in violation of US-led export restrictions. ASML, the Dutch firm that holds a near-total monopoly on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, denies it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_the_US_is_claiming\"><\/span>What the US is claiming<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to Bloomberg, Lutnick\u2019s team believes it has evidence that ASML shipped EUV-related components and transport equipment to China, but has repeatedly declined to show it.<\/p>\n<p>Extreme ultraviolet, or EUV, machines are the bottleneck for producing the most advanced semiconductors, and ASML is the only company that makes them. They have been off-limits to China since around 2019, and the dispute is the latest twist in a chip war that has repeatedly entangled the Dutch company.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ASMLs_flat_denial\"><\/span>ASML\u2019s flat denial<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ASML\u2019s pushback is unusually direct. The company has circulated a document in Washington titled \u201cNo indication of any ASML EUV system in China\u201d, and its statement leaves little room: it has \u201cnever shipped an EUV machine to China\u201d, nor any \u201ccomponent, module or equipment specially designed to be used in an EUV machine\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The \ud83d\udc9c of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_accusation_is_hard_to_square\"><\/span>The accusation is hard to square<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The commercial logic also cuts against it. ASML\u2019s export licence is its lifeline, and even as China shrinks from about a third of its revenue toward a fifth, it remains the company\u2019s single biggest market.<\/p>\n<p>Torching that licence to arm one Chinese customer would be close to corporate suicide. That is the puzzle at the centre of the story: a serious allegation, no public evidence, and a defendant with every reason not to do what it is accused of.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_bigger_squeeze\"><\/span>The bigger squeeze<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The clash lands as Washington leans harder on its allies. A proposed US law would force the Netherlands and Japan to mirror American export rules or face unilateral enforcement, and President Trump is reportedly pushing the Dutch hard.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure is doubly awkward, because ASML\u2019s future is increasingly American: it has just signed up to help build Elon Musk\u2019s $55bn \u201cTerafab\u201d chip plant in Texas, even as Washington turns up the enforcement heat.<\/p>\n<p>For ASML, the message is that compliance may no longer be enough. It now has to prove a negative, on Washington\u2019s timeline, with a roughly $700bn valuation and its China business in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>Until the US produces what it says it has, this is a standoff over an absence: one machine that may or may not be where it should not be, with the entire Western effort to keep advanced chipmaking out of China riding on the answer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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It has not shown its proof, and the company says it never happened. In a series of recent meetings, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ASML\u2019s senior leaders that Washington believes one of its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":734352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-57.avif","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-734351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}