Move follows pressure from the US to restrict Chinese access to the technology. Read more at straitstimes.com.
“The government has come to the conclusion that it is necessary for international and national security to expand the existing export control of specific semiconductor production equipment,” Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Liesje Schreinemacher said in a letter to parliament.at the White House, during which they discussed the issue.
The aim of the export controls was to prevent military use, and to protect the Netherlands “unique and leading position” in such technologies, the government said. ASML also makes the even more sophisticated Extreme Ultraviolet machines, but these are already subject to export curbs under a pact on dual civilian-military tech signed by some 40 countries including the United States and the Netherlands.
ASML urged governments in January to be “careful” as it announced a drop in profits amid the growing chip war between Beijing and Washington. “We need to be careful that instruments that are well-meant don’t come to a consequence that we all feel sorry about,” ASML’s chief executive Peter Wennink said in late January.More On This Topic
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