The Dutch government opposes a US proposal to further limit chip equipment maker ASML's sales and servicing in China. ASML, a global leader in lithography technology, has already faced significant market access challenges due to US sanctions.

The Dutch government has objected to a proposed US law that would further restrict semiconductor equipment giant ASML from selling to China and servicing customers in the country. The Dutch company, the global market leader in the lithographic technology used to laser-print tiny circuits onto microchips, has seen its access to the Chinese market severely hampered by US sanctions. Now, as US lawmakers look to further choke the European outfit off from the Chinese market, The Hague has lodged an.....