US media: The United States has put pressure on the Netherlands to ban the export of optical carvings in China, and the Netherlands does not agree

According to Bloomberg report on July 6, people familiar with the United States revealed that the United States is putting pressure on the Dutch government to ask the country's semiconductor manufacturer ASML (ASML) to prohibit the export of mainstream technology required to produce a large number of chips worldwide in China. Essence Bloomberg pointed out that the United States has expanded to curb China's rise.

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It is reported that Washington's request for restrictions on the Dutch side will further expand the current restrictions on selling the most advanced equipment to China, which aims to obstruct China to become the world's leading chip producer. If the Netherlands agrees to the United States, it will greatly broaden the scope and category of chip manufacturing equipment that is currently prohibited to Chinese chip manufacturing, which may affect Chinese chip manufacturers.

People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that U.S. officials are lobbying the Dutch government to ban ASML from selling some older deep -ultraviolet light machines (DUVs). These machines are one -generation behind the most advanced technology, but they are still the most commonly used equipment to make some less advanced chips required by cars, telephones, computers, and even robots.

People familiar with the matter said that this problem was proposed during the discussion of the supply chain in the Netherlands and Belgium at the end of May to the beginning of June at the end of May to the beginning of June. The discussion was carried out in private. name. During that visit, Gravs also visited the headquarters of ASML in Feld Hofen, Dutch City, and met with the company's CEO Peter Wennink.

People familiar with the matter pointed out that the Dutch government has not yet agreed to give any additional restrictions on ASML's exports to China. It is believed that if measures required by the United States may damage the trade relations between the Netherlands and China. At present, due to the inability to obtain export permits from the Dutch government, ASML has been unable to transport its most advanced extremely UV light carvings (EUV) to China, which sells for about 160 million euros per unit.

ASML spokesman responded to the news, "This discussion is not new. At present, no decision has been made. We don't want to speculate or comment on rumors."

It is reported that ASML is the world's largest optical system manufacturer, and the photoresistate is a key device in the process of semiconductor manufacturing. ASML is dominant in the market of such devices.

According to Bloomberg, the performance of older generations such as DUV is not as good as more advanced EUV -carved equipment, but it is still indispensable in the manufacturing process of many chips of many serious shortage types. People familiar with the matter said that the focus of Washington's request is to prohibit the sales of the most advanced DUV technology to China, that is, an immersed light carved machine.

After the above reports were released, the decline of ASML's US depository vouchers (ADR) expanded to 8.3%, a decline in the largest market since March 2020.

Reuters reports that after Bloomberg's news came out, ASML's US stock prices fell 7.2%. The stock price of other semiconductor manufacturers is also falling, and the US Panlin Group (Lam Research) fell 3.6%, and Applied Materials fell 2.4%.

At the regular press conference on July 6, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said inquiries on July 6 that this is another example of the US abuse of national forces and relying on technical hegemony to make coercion diplomacy. This is also a typical technical terrorism. Zhao Lijian said that in the current background of globalization, the United States has repeatedly politicized science and technology, economic and trade issues, tools, and ideology, and "technical blockade" and "technology decoupling" to other countries will only be more alert to other countries. Relying on the United States in technology in technology, this will also prompt countries to accelerate the realization of scientific and technological autonomy and self -reliance.

"In an attempt to block the road of others, it will eventually only block his own way." Zhao Li insisted that he hoped that the relevant parties would adhere to the objective and fair position, starting from the long -term interests and fair market principles of the market, and made a decision independently.

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