BEIJING (Reuters) – China is “dissatisfied” with the Dutch goverment’s choice to broaden export controls on ASML chipmaking devices, the Chinese business ministry claimed in a declaration on Sunday.
The Dutch federal government on Friday claimed it would certainly broaden export licensing demands for ASML’s 1970i and 1980i DUV (Deep Ultraviolet) immersion lithography devices, straightening its policies with export limitations on these equipments unilaterally enforced by the United States in 2015.
Beijing has actually repetitively criticised Washington’s method of pressing allies like the Netherlands and Japan to sign up with export controls targeting Chinese accessibility to advanced chips and chipmaking devices.
“In recent years, in order to maintain its global hegemony, the United States has continued to … coerce certain countries to tighten export control measures for semiconductors and (related) equipment … China is resolutely opposed to this,” China’s business ministry claimed in feedback to the Dutch federal government’s news on Friday.
The ministry included that the Dutch side must not abuse export controls, prevent procedures that damages Sino-Dutch teamwork in semiconductors, and guard the “common interests of Chinese and Dutch enterprises.”
united state lobbying has actually efficiently quit ASML, the globe’s greatest supplier of chipmaking devices, from exporting its most sophisticated lithography systems to China.
Dutch Trade Minister Reinette Klever claimed on Friday the choice was made “for our safety”.
(Reporting by Eduardo Baptista; Editing by Sonali Paul)
