US, Netherlands, Japan craft deal on China chip export limit

The
United
States
has
secured
a
deal
with
the
Netherlands
and
Japan
to
restrict
exports
of
some
advanced
chip-making
machinery
to
China,

Bloomberg
reported,
citing
people
familiar
with
the
matter.

US, Netherlands, Japan craft deal on China chip export limit

The
United
States
has
secured
a
deal
with
the
Netherlands
and
Japan
to
restrict
exports
of
some
advanced
chip-making
machinery
to
China,


Bloomberg

reported,

citing
people
familiar
with
the
matter.

The
agreement
would
extend
some
export
controls
the
United
States
adopted
in
October
to
companies
based
in
the
two
allied
nations,
including
ASML,
Nikon
and
Tokyo
Electron,
the
report
said.

Officials
from
the
Netherlands
and
Japan
were
in
Washington
discussing
a
wide
range
of
issues
in
talks
led
by
White
House
national
security
adviser
Jake
Sullivan.

John
Kirby,
the
White
House
national
security
spokesperson,
earlier
told
reporters
the
officials
were
talking
about
issues
that
included
“the
safety
and
security
of
emerging
technologies”.

A
source
familiar
with
the
talks
said
restricting
exports
of
semiconductor
manufacturing
equipment
to
China
was
among
the
topics.

Getting
the
Netherlands
and
Japan
to
impose
tighter
export
controls
on
China
would
be
a
major
diplomatic
win
for
President
Joe
Biden’s
administration,
which
in
October
announced
sweeping
restrictions
on
Beijing’s
access
to
US
chipmaking
technology
to
slow
its
technological
and
military
advances.

When
asked
about
the
Bloomberg
report,
the
White
House
declined
to
comment
beyond
Kirby’s
earlier
remarks.

The
Dutch
foreign
ministry
and
a
spokesperson
at
Japan’s
Ministry
of
Economy,
Trade
and
Industry
declined
to
comment.

A
spokesperson
at
Nikon
declined
to
comment,
saying
the
company
could
not
speak
about
something
that
had
not
been
officially
announced.

Officials
at
Tokyo
Electron
were
unavailable
for
comment
when
Reuters
contacted
them
outside
regular
business
hours.

The
Netherlands’
prime
minister,
Mark
Rutte,
earlier
said
that
it
was
not
clear
whether
his
government
would
disclose
the
result
of
talks
with
the
United
States
over
new
export
restrictions
for
the
semiconductor
industry.

Japanese
firms
would
still
be
able
to
sell
non-advanced
products
to
China
under
the
regulation,
and
any
dip
in
shipments
to
China
could
be
covered
in
the
medium-to-long
term
by
increasing
output
to
regions
such
as
the
United
States,
Germany
and
India,
said
Akira
Minamikawa,
analyst
at
research
company
Omdia.

But
the
Japanese
government
and
firms
may
object
to
the
restriction
if
it
includes
measures
such
as
a
ban
on
sending
engineers
to
their
equipment
customers,
Minamikawa
said,
adding:
“That
would
bring
too
large
an
impact
on
their
businesses.”

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