The US is pushing allies in Europe and Asia to tighten restrictions on exports of chip-related technology and tools to China amid rising concerns about Huawei’s development of advanced semiconductors.
Washington wants Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands to use existing export controls more aggressively, including stopping engineers from their countries servicing chipmaking tools at advanced semiconductor fabs in China, according to five people familiar with the conversations.
The US has become increasingly concerned about the speed with which Chinese groups are developing advanced chips despite the tougher American controls.
Last year Huawei released the Mate 60 Pro, a phone that included an advanced chip that surprised export control experts in the US government.
Many Japanese companies have significantly cut ties with Huawei, but the Chinese group remains a member of Keidanren, the country’s most influential business lobby group.
EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said that the bloc would be reluctant to restrict European nationals from working in China. “This topic on talent is a rather more fundamental question of personal freedom. That is an area where we need to tread very carefully,” Dombrovskis said.
Buďte první, kdo odpoví na tuto obecná diskuse .