Dutch Prime Minister Has Discussed MATCH Act With Trump
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Dutch discussions of the MATCH Act with US leadership underscore that ASML export controls are now a negotiated geopolitical instrument, not a technicality. If your roadmap depends on advanced-node tools or Chinese manufacturing, treat policy risk as a core supply-chain variable and model multiple control regimes through the late 2020s.
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