# The Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma said in written answers to lawmakers published on Tuesday.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-13 · South China Morning Post*

## Key points

- The Netherlands has formally objected to the extraterritorial aspects of the US MATCH Act.
- The MATCH Act would ban ASML from shipping lower-end DUV lithography machines to China.
- The act would also prohibit ASML from servicing existing Chinese customers using these machines.
- Prior to this, ASML was only restricted from selling its most advanced EUV machines to China.

**Companies:** ASML
**Countries:** Netherlands, United States, China

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