ASML chief Fouquet: 'Europe endangers specialised chip sector'

A Dutch company controls almost the entire market for machines that produce very high performance microchips

ASML chief Fouquet: 'Europe endangers specialised chip sector'

ASML boss Christophe Fouquet has expressed his dissatisfaction with the Dutch government’s and the European Union’s approach to the chip sector, of which ASML is an important part. He believes that the Netherlands is too willing to go along with US export restrictions, and that the Veldhoven-based company is suffering as a result. The CEO of the Veldhoven-based chip machine maker revealed this to The Economist. The high-tech giant is worried abo…