Netherlands to tighten export controls of chip equipment: minister

Hague moves to block military use as U.S. calls for joint efforts against China

Liesje Schreinemacher

Dutch trade minister Liesje Schreinemacher discusses her country's semiconductor export controls during an interview in Tokyo on March 17. (Photo by Maya Shimizu)

SHOICHIRO TAGUCHI and MAYA SHIMIZU, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The Netherlands aims to respond to U.S. semiconductor restrictions on China by expanding the list of chip manufacturing equipment subject to export controls to prevent military use, the Dutch trade minister said.

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