White House National Security Advisor Sullivan confirmed on Monday (December 12, 2022) that the United States has discussed with partners in countries including Japan and the Netherlands how to tighten exports of chips and related equipment to China, but did not provide more information. many details.


Earlier, Bloomberg News quoted sources as saying that the agreement between the Netherlands and the United States on the export control of chip equipment will be announced as soon as next month.

The Dutch government is believed to be planning to introduce new export controls in conjunction with a U.S. law banning the export of advanced chip-making equipment to China.

ASML, the largest semiconductor equipment manufacturer in the Netherlands, is an important company in the semiconductor industry, with exports to China reaching 2.1 billion U.S. dollars last year.

The Dutch foreign ministry has yet to comment on the Bloomberg report, but the Dutch trade minister said last month that it was consulting with Washington on the just-passed U.S. chip and technology export control law.

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura also said that he held talks with US Secretary of Commerce Raimondo on chip export control, but refused to disclose the progress of the talks.

A spokesman for Tokyo Electron, Japan's largest maker of semiconductor equipment, said it could not comment on the export control measures at this time, but said it would "closely monitor the development of the situation."

In October, the Biden administration unveiled a wide-ranging set of export controls, including one that would bar China from supplying certain semiconductor chips made anywhere in the world using U.S. tools, vastly expanding Washington's efforts to slow Beijing's technology Range of efforts with military advances.

But U.S. officials acknowledged at the time that the U.S. had not received any assurances from allies that similar measures would be implemented. Discussions between the United States and those countries are ongoing, they said.

A month later, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo said that Japan and the Netherlands are expected to cooperate with the United States in implementing the relevant measures.


Both Japan and the Netherlands see China as one of their most important markets. Some in the industry worry that China may retaliate if Japan and the Netherlands cooperate with the US in implementing export controls.

Chinese officials accused the United States of repeatedly abusing export control measures, maliciously blocking and suppressing Chinese companies, coercing allies to participate in economic containment against China, and causing great damage to the stability of the global industrial and supply chains. Starting from the fundamental interests of society, make correct judgments independently.

A senior official of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Monday that China filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization on the same day that the United States imposed export controls on chips and related products to China.