US pushes Netherlands, Japan to further restrict chipmaking equipment to China

A U.S. official was heading to Japan after meeting with the Dutch government to try to push allies to further restrict China's ability to produce cutting-edge semiconductors, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Alan Estevez, the U.S. export policy chief, was trying to build on a 2023 agreement between the three countries to keep chipmaking equipment from China that could help to modernise its military.

In a response, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China was opposed to the U.S. engaging in confrontation and "coercing other countries and suppressing China's semiconductor industry"."This behaviour has seriously hindered the development of the global semiconductor industry and will eventually backfire," Lin told a press briefing in Beijing.

A spokesperson for the Dutch foreign ministry confirmed a meeting had taken place in the Netherlands on Monday.
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