The Netherlands is expected to expand restrictions on ASML, at least preventing it from selling extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines to China.

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[Compilation of Wei Guojin/Comprehensive Report] According to Bloomberg reports, people familiar with the matter revealed that Japan and the Netherlands will complete negotiations in Washington on the 27th as soon as possible, agreeing to form a powerful export control alliance with the United States to jointly restrict China's access to advanced semiconductor equipment. Undercut its ambitions to build its own chip capabilities.

The talks involve a new set of measures to regulate what products can be supplied to Chinese companies, the sources said.

The Netherlands restricts the sale of Esmer anti-ultraviolet light machine

The Netherlands will expand restrictions on ASML to at least prevent it from selling extreme ultraviolet light machines (EUV) to China, the report said. The production line plan is impossible to realize.

Nikon, the Japanese optical-instrument giant, will face similar restrictions.

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Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara said yesterday that Japan would take "appropriate measures" based on regulatory moves by the United States and other countries.

Dutch Foreign Minister Hoekstra declined to comment.

Dutch Prime Minister Rutte has indicated that he is expected to reach an agreement with the United States and other allies on stricter controls on exports to China, but the Netherlands will not simply adopt US rules.

Allowing the Netherlands and Japan to simultaneously tighten export controls to China would be a major diplomatic victory for U.S. President Joe Biden. His administration announced in October last year that it would restrict Beijing's access to U.S. chip manufacturing technology in order to slow down China's technological and military progress.

Without the cooperation of Japan and the Netherlands, American companies will face a competitive disadvantage.

Japanese factory Nikon and Tokyo Weili Kechuang are the most affected

Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura pointed out, "We are in consultation with the United States and other countries on export control, and we will implement all measures through international cooperation in accordance with the foreign exchange laws of our country."

Masahiko Hosokawa, the former head of trade control at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, said that apart from Nikon, the Japanese company most affected by the new control will be the chip equipment manufacturer Tokyo Power Technology, whose sales depend on China for about a quarter. "A balance must be struck." , so that Japan, the United States and Europe, no one is at a disproportionate disadvantage, which is a matter of fairness."

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