Europe Must Beef Up China Intelligence – Or Accept US Bullying

Under US pressure, the Netherlands last year banned its semiconductor champion ASML from selling its most advanced deep ultraviolet lithography machines to China. ASML technology could be used to produce chips needed for military applications, the Americans argued. When Washington went further and prevented ASML from exporting old gear to China, some Dutch foreign policy experts urged the Hague to stand up to what they called coercion.

Europeans frustrated with US strong-arm tactics...