Sources: the EU is negotiating with China to lift sanctions on an unnamed Chinese company in exchange for China lifting sanctions on a German ASML supplier
THE SO WHAT
The EU trading sanctions relief with China to keep a German ASML supplier alive underscores how fragile the advanced manufacturing supply chain has become. If your roadmap depends on EU-origin semiconductor tooling or materials, treat geopolitical risk as a core dependency and map alternates now, not after the next sanction round.
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