According to a senior US Department of Commerce official, the Biden administration is reportedly urging allied governments to refrain from offering services for specific semiconductor manufacturing equipment that their national companies have sold to Chinese customers.
Alan Estevez, the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, reportedly informed journalists at a conference on the 27th (local time) that, “We are cooperating with our allies to decide what (equipment) is important to provide service and what not to provide.” Reuters and Bloomberg reported this information.
He said, “We are urging not to provide services for such key parts, and that’s the conversation we are having with our allies.” He later added that they are not trying to control the equipment support services that Chinese companies can repair themselves, which are unnecessary.
In October 2022, the U.S. virtually blocked American companies from exporting advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China. Following this, the U.S. made requests similar to those of the Netherlands and Japan. Since then, the Netherlands and Japan have controlled the export of some equipment. Although both countries have implemented some export controls, the controls have many loopholes. The U.S. is putting more pressure on its allies to tighten the restrictions on the export of this equipment.
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