In October, the Biden administration issued a series of restrictions aimed at stopping the export of chip-making technology and some chips made with American equipment to China anywhere in the world.
Along with some US equipment suppliers, Japan’s Tokyo Electron Ltd and Dutch lithography specialist ASML Holding NV were the two key players in the effectiveness of the sanctions, making their governments’ adoption of the restrictions a key step. according to the report.
The new restrictions could be announced in the coming weeks, he added.
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Netherlands’ Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.