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Tech war: Japan, Netherlands said to join US in restricting China’s access to advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment
- American, Dutch and Japanese officials are set to conclude talks as soon as Friday, US time, on a new set of limits on Chinese firms
- There is no plan for a public announcement of restrictions that are likely to be just implemented, according to people familiar with the negotiations
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Japan and the Netherlands are poised to join the United States in limiting China’s access to advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, forging a powerful alliance that will undercut Beijing’s ambitions to build its own domestic chip capabilities, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
American, Dutch and Japanese officials are set to conclude talks as soon as Friday, US time, on a new set of limits to what can be supplied to Chinese companies, the people said, asking not to be named because the talks are private.
Negotiations were ongoing as of late Thursday in Washington. There is no plan for a public announcement of restrictions that are likely to be just implemented, the people said.
The Netherlands will expand restrictions on ASML Holding, which will prevent the company from selling at least some of its deep ultraviolet lithography machines, crucial to making some types of advanced chips and without which attempts to set up production lines may be impossible. Japan will set similar limits on Nikon Corp.
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A spokeswoman for the National Security Council declined to comment. The council serves as the US President’s principal forum for national security and foreign policy decision making with senior national security advisers and cabinet officials.
The joint effort expands on restrictions the Biden administration unveiled in October that were aimed at curtailing China’s ability to manufacture its own advanced semiconductors or buy cutting-edge chips from abroad that would aid military and artificial-intelligence capabilities.
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