Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Schreiner Maher said the Netherlands would not copy US measures and the US should not expect the Netherlands to adopt their approach without question, according to the Bloomberg report. reiterating that the Netherlands has corresponding restrictions on export licenses, so that the Netherlands can decide for itself the content of the control measures against China.
Schreiner Maher, Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. images online.
“Bloomberg” described that this is the first time a Dutch official has publicly expressed his position on the issue, and also highlights the major challenges the United States faces in convincing its allies to limit exports to China.
The report said the United States announced on Oct. 7 that it would restrict American companies and companies using American technology from supplying and transporting specific equipment, technology and services to Chinese companies on the watchlist. The US is courting its allies to join the camp to contain China and has sent Alan Estevez, the US undersecretary of commerce for industry and security, to visit the Netherlands to discuss export control issues .
Reports related to “Bloomberg”. Photo from the official site of “Bloomberg”.
“Bloomberg” pointed out that because the Dutch lithography giant ASML is one of the few companies able to dominate the semiconductor manufacturing equipment market, the Netherlands has become the key to the US semiconductor war against China. The US is trying to get companies including ASML to boycott China. The US CNBC website has revealed that the US is lobbying the Dutch government to ban ASML from selling some old lithographic machines to China.
Regarding the Biden administration’s plan to pressure Japan and the Netherlands to prevent the flow of chip technology into China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian previously said the US has politicized, instrumentalized and ideologised technology and economic and trade issues, and engaged in technology blockades and technology blockades against other countries. Decoupling, its intentions are well known. He stressed that trying to block other people’s roads will ultimately only block their own road. China hopes that the interested parties will maintain an objective and fair position, proceed from their own long-term interests and the fundamental interests of the international community, and express independently and independently correct judgments.
Xi Jinping meets Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Photo by Xinhua News Agency.
It is worth noting that during the G20 and APEC summits, President Xi Jinping met with the UN Secretary-General and the leaders of more than a dozen countries in one breath, including a meeting with Prime Minister Rutte of the countries Low.
The European version of “Politician News Network” said Xi Jinping stressed during the talks that “I hope the Netherlands can continue Europe’s commitment to openness and cooperation.” China against new technologies Outside the European and American trade alliances.
Regarding Xi Jinping’s failure to arrange a meeting with European Commission President Von der Leyen and Council President Michel, who represent the 27 member states, the report analyzes that could result in Michel opening the 5th ChinaInternational Import Expo. the pre-recorded video that Europe relied too much on Russian energy and trade with China should avoid the same situation, which aroused China’s dissatisfaction with the EU.
The report also described Xi Jinping’s meetings with French President Macron, Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez, Italian Prime Minister Meloni and Dutch Prime Minister Rutte as “intelligent individual strategies”.
Indeed, the interests of EU countries are dispersed and not monolithic. Today’s EU needs to revive its economy and emerge from the crisis more urgently than ever. China is an important growth market.
Some analysts believe that the loosening of the screw in the Netherlands will inevitably affect the alliance of Europe and the United States to contain China, and also underline the success of Chinese diplomacy.
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