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According to the report of Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, the top trade official of the Netherlands and the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Schreinermacher, said in an interview with a TV program on the 15th local time that the Netherlands would not accept the new restrictions imposed by the United States on the export of chip manufacturing technology to China, and that the Netherlands was negotiating with its European and Asian allies.

The United States launched large-scale restrictions on China in October last year to strengthen the export control of China's advanced chip manufacturing equipment. The United States trade officials also said at that time that they expected the Netherlands and Japan to implement similar measures soon. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation reported.

According to the report of Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, Shrina Maher believes that the United States "has reason to worry" about excessive dependence on Asia, including that 80% of advanced chips are made in Asia. "We have talked with the Americans for a long time, but they introduced new regulations in October, which changed the competitive environment." Shrina Maher said, "So you can't say that they have put pressure on us for two years, and now we have to sign the relevant agreement. We won't."

According to the report of Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, Schreinermacher also said that the Netherlands is also negotiating with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany and France. She mentioned that Germany is the main supplier of Asme, the Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer, and has its own economic interests. Moreover, "if we include a certain technology in the list of products that cannot be easily exported, other countries (regions) will do the same."

The Dutch Prime Minister Lute will visit the United States on Tuesday (17th). It is expected that Lute will discuss the export policy with the US President Biden.

According to Reuters reports earlier, in an interview on December 13, 2022, Winpeter, CEO of Asme, questioned the United States' request for the Netherlands to restrict the export of semiconductors to China, saying, "Maybe they think we should come to the negotiating table, but Asme has made sacrifices." Under the pressure of the United States, since 2019, the Dutch government has restricted Asme from exporting its most advanced lithography machines to China, Winpeter said, This is beneficial to American companies selling alternative technologies. Winpeter said that although 15% of Asme's sales came from China, "25%, sometimes even more than 30%" of the sales of American chip equipment suppliers came from China. Winpeter also commented that American chip manufacturers can sell their most advanced chips to Chinese customers, but Asme can only sell old equipment, which seems contradictory. "There is no problem that American chip manufacturers regard China as their customers." Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation reported.

On December 12, 2022, China filed a lawsuit in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States for export control measures such as chips to China. On the evening of the 12th, the Ministry of Commerce released an answer to reporters' questions on the official website, saying: "In recent years, the United States has continuously generalized the concept of national security, abused export control measures, hindered the normal international trade of products such as chips, threatened the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain, undermined the international economic and trade order, violated international economic and trade rules, violated basic economic laws, and damaged the interests of global peace and development. It is a typical trade protectionism practice for China to file a lawsuit in the WTO, which is to solve China's concerns through legal means, and to defend A necessary way to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. "