U.S. chip tool makers eye Southeast Asia as China business shrinks

Export controls drive shift as semiconductor industry suffers demand slump

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U.S. export controls on advanced chipmaking equipment has made it harder for American providers to do business in China. (Photo courtesy of Applied Materials) 

LAULY LI, Nikkei Asia tech correspondent

TAIPEI -- Key American chip equipment suppliers are shifting operations from China to Southeast Asia in a sign that U.S. export controls enacted last October are accelerating the decoupling of tech supply chains between the world's two biggest economies.

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