The Biden administration is fighting to overcome opposition from allied nations and the tech industry as it prepares to expand restrictions aimed at slowing China’s ability to make the most advanced semiconductors, which could be used to bolster Beijing’s military capacity.
The rules are aimed at blocking off some of the newer routes that Chinese chipmakers have found to acquire technology, despite international restrictions.
The United States has been pushing allies like Japan and the Netherlands to toughen their restrictions on technology shipments to China, during visits to those countries as well as a Japanese state visit to Washington in April.
Those nations are home to companies that produce chip-making machinery, like ASML Holding N.V. and Tokyo Electron Limited.
But industry in the United States and other countries has argued the rules could hurt them, and it remains unclear when or if foreign governments will issue limitations.
Persons:
Biden
Organizations:
United, Tokyo Electron
Locations:
China, United States, Japan, Netherlands, Washington, Tokyo