U.S. urges Japan and Netherlands to tighten China chip tech curbs

Tokyo says no measures planned for older, generic technology

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The U.S. is believed to seek restrictions on China's access to lithography equipment from companies like Netherlands-based ASML. © Reuters

RINTARO TOBITA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is pushing Japan and the Netherlands to expand their restrictions on semiconductor-related exports to China, seeking to cover equipment for older-generation chips as well as chipmaking chemicals.

The U.S. imposed sweeping export curbs in October 2022 to limit China's access to semiconductors seen as key for technologies such as artificial intelligence and self-driving vehicles, as well as high-tech weapons.

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