US-China chip war: Netherlands moves to restrict some tech exports
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- 24 Mar 2023
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The Dutch government is to put restrictions on the country's "most advanced" microchip technology exports to protect national security, following a similar move by the US.
It will include products by chip equipment maker ASML, a key firm in the global microchip supply chain.
In response, China has launched a formal complaint against the move.
It said it hoped the Netherlands would not "follow the abuse of export control measures by certain countries".
China has frequently called the US a "tech hegemony" in response to export controls imposed by Washington.
Semiconductors, which power everything from mobile phones to military hardware, are at the centre of a bitter dispute between the US and China.
A spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, said the Dutch move aimed to deprive China of its right to develop.
Dexter Roberts, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Atlantic Council think tank, told the BBC that the decision by the Netherlands was "a real step forward, a real victory for the US and also very bad news for China".
"US-China relations are already in a pretty bad place. This clearly will make things even worse."
The measures will affect "very specific technologies in the semiconductor production cycle," the Dutch trade minister Liesje Schreinemacher said. Read More…
