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20. ASML EUV machines are dependent on the US

The light source technology and components come from a US based company, Cymer, that is based in California. ASML acquired them a while back, but the components still come from here. The machines do not work without these components. The US already exerts control over ASML by barring them from selling EUV machines to China due to the integration of these US components and tech into the machines. This is why China is working on developing their own machine. ASML could stop supplying machines to the US(which there isnt as much of demand anyway since Taiwan and South Korea are the primary fabrication points), and the US could bar export of Cymer's tech and components and shutdown ASML EUV production entirely until an alternative is developed and integrated into their machines. So ASML isnt going to do it.