The whole world is going to unite with reverse sanctions on the US. The US will just isolated itself when that happens. NS2 sanctions are stupid, because they can easily sanction comparable US companies. The world is much larger than the US.I see what you are saying, but look at Nordstream 2. That was harmful to Germany, but yet the US imposed sanctions on entities constructing it. As for your argument on ASML being too integral to the Western economy to be sanctioned, the same could be said for TSMC, but they still buckled under the threat of US sanctions and cut off Huawei.
It is considered bad form to impose sanctions on Allies, but yet NS2 sanctions were imposed. Do not doubt the ruthlessness or harm that the US is willing to impose for spite, nor should anyone doubt US allies' willingness to inflict self-harm when push comes to shove.
TSMC certainly has the power to resist any US sanctions requirements, they understand that. It is impossible to sanction asml, tsmc and samsung at the same time. When local Chinese semiconductor machines become more advanced and as the world moves away from the $US, then yankees will be in trouble of their own making.
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