ASML, ASM, BESI fall after US lawmakers call for broader export bans

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

08/10/2025 08:11

** Shares of European chipmaking equipment suppliers fall after U.S. lawmakers called for a wider ban on tools reaching China

** Shares of Netherlands-based ASML ASML.AS, ASM International ASMI.AS and BESI BESI.AS fall 2% to 3.5% in early trading; Europe's tech index .SX8P is down 1.3%

** A report published by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on China pointed to inconsistencies in rules that have led to non-U.S. chip equipment manufacturers selling to some Chinese firms that U.S. companies could not

** The committee is calling for broader bans by the U.S. and its allies on chipmaking tool sales to China, rather than narrower bans on sales to specific Chinese chipmakers

(Reporting by Nathan Vifflin in Gdansk)

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