Japan and Holland join US to impose tipping ban on China, bloomberg clarified in the report. The goal is to “undermine Beijing’s ambitions to build its own domestic semiconductor capacity,” said a person familiar with the matter.
Dutch company ASML Holding HV will be banned from transferring deep UV lithography equipment used in chip manufacturing, and similar restrictions will be imposed on Japan’s Nikon.
The joint effort is an extension of US President Joe Biden’s agenda to limit China’s ability to manufacture and develop its own semiconductors, which will be used in the military for AI and machine learning, but not in the mobile technology industry. also affect
U.S. equipment makers complained that restricting trade with China to U.S. companies only would affect their balance with their competitors, and the Dutch and Japanese governments have warned that ASML, along with Tokyo Electron, will not be able to do so. It was decided to reconsider the method of exporting the equipment.
The move had little impact on the stock market, but Shanghai-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International, mainland China’s largest chip maker, was hit. Huahong Semiconductor’s stock also fell slightly, with the offshore yuan declining 0.1%.
ASML CEO Peter Wennink has warned that US-led restrictions on the export of lithography equipment will eventually force China to develop its own advanced equipment. “It will take time, but we will get there eventually,” said the executive.
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