After the “chip shortage” that has wreaked all kinds of havoc, china aspires to become the world leader in the semiconductor industry , but The United States is willing to use its power and influence to stop it.. Washington’s plan is to deal a cheap blow to the Asians by preventing ASML, the world’s largest manufacturer of photolithographic equipment, from selling some of its products. According to Bloomberg, the United States is trying to persuade the Netherlands, which is where this company responsible for designing and manufacturing is located. photolithographic equipment used by most semiconductor manufacturers in their facilities, to…