Summary
Denmark and the Netherlands criticized Trump’s demand that foreign companies with U.S. government contracts eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Denmark called for a coordinated EU response, labeling the move a potential trade barrier.
The Trump administration sent letters to European firms—including in France and Belgium—warning they must comply with a DEI ban or risk losing U.S. contracts.
European officials condemned the letters, defending DEI as essential to corporate responsibility. The EU Commission is reviewing the situation, while the U.S. State Department called the effort a compliance measure.
Use Export Tariff on ASML products and services.
They need ASML for the new factories, so they’ll have to buy it anyway. That should make up for the loss of revenue on the other products and services Netherlands lose to the Tariffs and US DEI demands
Hopefully they have kill switches built into their machines and can turn them off if needed?.
ASML is literally the piviot on which the entire tech world balances.
As an American… It would make me so happy if the Netherlands had that capability and used it to stop Trump’s BS in it’s tracks. We’re all so tired of this clown and his antics