Roughly 70% of ASML sales came from its various DUV machine offerings. ASML said it is still awaiting approval of a new license request and declined further comment.The White House declined to comment. Shortly after the White House visit, the Dutch government decided not to renew ASML’s export license, and the $150 million machine has not been shipped.With no way to block the sale directly, the Trump administration pressed its Dutch ally to consider the security issues. With it, the world’s top chipmakers are creating better performing, cheaper chips.Learn about our career events held around the world, where you get to know ASML as an employer.Explore careers at ASML and join the high-tech semiconductor industry, where you can work on technology that can change the world.Read about our stock exchange listings, share structure, see our major shareholders and link to other important information.Find out what it’s like working at a semiconductor industry leader. Meetings took place at the Netherlands embassy in Washington in late 2018 and January 2019, two separate sources said.The U.S. Department of State did not reply to a request for comment.The U.S. campaign began in 2018, after the Dutch government gave semiconductor equipment company ASML, the global leader in a critical chip-making process known as lithography, a license to sell its most advanced machine to a Chinese customer, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.Six weeks later, during his visit to the White House, Rutte was given a copy of the intelligence report. Watch Martin van den Brink’s acceptance speech to find out more about the long journey from initial idea to high-volume manufacturing. Over the following months, U.S officials examined whether they could block the sale outright and held at least four rounds of talks with Dutch officials, three sources told Reuters.U.S. The White House has reportedly succeeded in its efforts to stop the sale of Veldhoven-based ASML’s advanced microprocessor technology to China. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement last week the Netherlands should make an objective decision on ASML’s exports based on its own interests.ASML also announced a share buy-back program of as much as 6 billion euros over three years, as it said it expects to win 4.5 billion euros in EUV revenue this year.Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world.The company forecast first-quarter sales largely in line with analyst expectations and said it won orders for nine more of its EUV lithography machines in the last quarter. Read more: China Stockpiles U.S. Chips as ‘Silicon Curtain’ DescendsASML’s EUV technology has both civilian and military applications and therefore is subject to EU dual-use licensing obligations under the Wassenaar Arrangement, according to the Dutch Foreign Ministry.Wennink said at a press conference the Dutch government had asked the company questions about the EUV technology, how it works, and who the customer is. Revenue can be defined as the amount of money a company receives from its customers in exchange for the sales of goods or services.