The US and the Netherlands are stepping up their joint efforts to prevent chip-making material from falling into Chinese hands.

The Reuters news agency reports on new measures by the Netherlands and the USA to ensure that China can import as little material as possible for baking chips.

Not all Chinese

We previously shared articles about the important role of chips in the US-China trade dispute. Not only the Netherlands are involved in this, but Japan has also boarded this train.

These restrictions are now being tightened somewhat. A ban on specialized ASML was expected and is now in effect. The Hague bans the Dutch company from selling production material for chips to China. Of course, this rule also applies to similar companies in our northern neighbors. However, the rule would not go into effect until September.

In the USA, such a ban has been in place for American companies since autumn last year. The reason is quite simple: Joe Biden and company do not want China, especially its military, to have the necessary technology.

In addition, the US is reportedly working on a rule that would allow a ban on the export of material from other countries if it contains even a minimum of American parts. This means that even more restrictions will apply to China. In contrast to the Netherlands, the USA does not want to wait long, the new rules would come into force as early as July.

America isn’t just about production equipment. They also prefer not to see the export of AI chips that have already been produced to China.