‘The Netherlands will analyze the export of chip technology to China’
The export of chip technology from the Netherlands to China will be further restricted upwards. Initiated revealed to the Bloomberg news agency that policymakers in The Hague are working on new trade rules. The United States in particular is clamoring for the Netherlands to exclude certain chip technology from China.
According to the sources, an agreement could even be reached every following month.
The Dutch measure would essentially be a reinforcement and a possible extension of the unofficial ban on the sale of certain technology in China.
Additional restrictions could affect the Dutch company ASML, although it is not yet entirely clear how. The company from Veldhoven is one of the world’s most important suppliers of machines needed to make developed semiconductors.
The move the US made to downsize China’s military ambitions and chip manufacturing. Confuse State Department representatives against Bloomberg comment. The White House did not address the issue either.
Outside the US, the Netherlands and Japan are the largest suppliers of machines and knowledge needed to make developed semiconductors. For the time being, Washington has not yet succeeded in getting these countries fully on board attitude towards China. The Netherlands’ new export restrictions could be about selling equipment for making 14-nanometer chips to even more advanced chips. If it comes to stricter regulations, it would be in line with US restrictions announced Oct. 7, the sources said.
China accounted for approximately 15 percent of ASML’s turnover last year. Washington has some influence over the Netherlands because the company from Veldhoven uses US-made components. Since early October, US officials have threatened that if allies fail to comply with the new export control measures, they could ban the sale of equipment in China that contains even the tiniest amount of US technology.