The Dutch government has said it will impose export restrictions on the “most advanced” semiconductor technology, revealing the first details of the deal that The Hague and Tokyo struck with the US in January to limit sales to China.
Liesje Schreinemacher, Netherlands’ trade minister, wrote to parliament on Wednesday (8 March) outlining the new measures.
As a result, companies that want to export semiconductor technology to the Asian superpower will have to apply for licences. These “surgical” measures would only include very high-specification systems for advanced semiconductors, including some of the deep lithography (DUV) tools made by Dutch company ASML.
The restrictions will start being enforced before the summer.
"The Netherlands considers it necessary on national security grounds to get this technology into oversight with the greatest of speed, the Cabinet will introduce a national control list," Schreinemacher said.
The move is the...