Exclusive: ASML chip tool delivery to China delayed amid US ire

Dutch company caught in crossfire of Sino-US feud for tech supremacy

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Dutch company ASML, Europe's largest producer of specialized chipmaking machines, derives about 16% of its system sales from the U.S., and 19% of its sales from China. (Nikkei Montage)

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- ASML, Europe's largest manufacturer of specialized chipmaking machines, has fallen prey to Washington's desire to curb Beijing's technological ascent and delayed shipment of a crucial tool needed to develop China's semiconductor industry, the Nikkei Asian Review has learned.

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