Since the fall of last year, Japan and the Netherlands have been providing modern chips manufacturing equipment. Now it appears that the Netherlands will publish its version of the restrictions by the summer of this year.
Bloomberg reports on the contents of a letter from the Netherlands' Foreign Trade Minister (Liesje Schreinemacher) to parliamentarians. "The Netherlands considers it necessary, from the standpoint of national and international security, that this technology be brought under control as soon as possible." Some deep ultraviolet (DUV) equipment will be restricted from entering China.
ASML said it has already reviewed the proposed regulations. They will not be able to have an impact on its revenue either this year or in the long run. Some of the company's most advanced DUV systems will be restricted, according to ASML.
According to the source, the Netherlands' export restrictions will continue to be lower than those that are subject to the supply of equipment to China from the United States. American equipment manufacturers are required to control the types of products that Chinese customers may produce with this equipment, and also do not have the authority to send their specialists to work in China.
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