ASML says decoupling chip supply chain is practically impossible

VELDHOVEN, Netherlands -- Decoupling the global semiconductor supply chain would be "extremely difficult and expensive" if not impossible, a senior executive at ASML, the world's most valuable chip equipment maker, told Nikkei Asia.

Christophe Fouquet, ASML's executive vice president and chief business officer, said in an exclusive interview that any single country would struggle to build its own fully self-reliant chip industry.