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US talks with Japan, the Netherlands about chip-tool curbs on China to yield no immediate results
- The Biden administration in October published a sweeping set of export controls, but it has not yet convinced key allies to put in place similar curbs
- US President Joe Biden is set to discuss chip-equipment curbs with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
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The White House will discuss a recent crackdown on exports of chip-making tools to China with Japanese and Dutch officials during upcoming visits, but they will not result in “immediate” pledges from the two countries to impose similar curbs, a person familiar with US officials’ thinking said on Thursday.
The Biden administration in October published a sweeping set of export controls, including measures tightly restricting Chinese access to US chipmaking technology, as part of a bid to slow Beijing’s technological and military advances.
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But it has not yet convinced key allies to put in place similar equipment curbs seen as essential to making the restrictions effective, since Japanese and Dutch firms Tokyo Electron and ASML also are top producers of chipmaking equipment.
Upcoming meetings between US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the White House on Friday and next Tuesday, respectively, will provide forums to discuss the issue, said a person briefed on US officials’ thinking.
But, “these visits will not result in immediate announcements and (are) part of our ongoing consultations on these issues,” the person cautioned.
A key commerce department official said in October that such agreements were coming “in the near term”.
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