(Amsterdam Composite Television) People familiar with the matter said that the Netherlands is formulating new measures to control the sale of the chip manufacturing equipment in China; the new trade control measures are consistent with the US regulations, mainly to prevent Beijing from obtaining high -end technologies in the chip field.
Bloomberg reports that the new control measure agreement can be achieved as early as next month.People familiar with the matter said that the talks with the United States are still ongoing, and there is no final case.
People familiar with the matter said that the Netherlands may ban its own manufacturers from selling 14 nanometer or more advanced chips to China, which will make some Dutch controls consistent with the restrictions announced by the United States on October 7.
New control measures may impact the Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML Holdings NV, which is one of the important advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers in the world.Because Washington wants to curb Beijing's production of high -end chips, the company is now on the cusp.According to its latest annual report, in 2021, Acemo's transactions to Chinese customers exceeded 2 billion euros (S $ 2.861 million), accounting for about 15 % of total revenue.
For the pressure of the United States, the Dutch government has not been allowed to sell the most advanced machines to China since 2018, because these machines believe that they can be applied to "dual -use" equipment in the military field.
The new moves in the Netherlands will actually change the informal ban to explicitly regulations and take a step in helping the United States to curb Beijing chip manufacturing and military capabilities.
The Dutch Ministry of Trade and the White House National Security Council will not comment on the report.
The Netherlands has previously stated that it is not involved in the surround of technology in China. Those familiar with the matter said that the Netherlands is now inclined to cooperate with the United States to jointly restrict China's pipelines that have obtained chip technology, because they also pay attention to the possibilities of the national security threat.
In the field of advanced chip manufacturing equipment and technology, in addition to the United States, the Netherlands and Japan are the largest suppliers, but Washington has not yet allowed these allies to stand completely with themselves.
Dutch Prime Minister Lutter told Bloomberg last month that the Netherlands coordinates the matter with the United States and Japan and another major semiconductor production.
The U.S. government announced a series of chip export control measures in early October, stipulating that American companies must first obtain government permission, otherwise they must not be exported to advanced chips and related manufacturing equipment to China; chips made in U.S. technology and manufactured in other countries are also limited.
