It is reported that the International Semiconductor Industry Association (SEMI) called that if Japan, the Netherlands and other United States allies do not adopt the same comprehensive export restrictions as the United States on Chinese semiconductor manufacturing equipment, the effect of chip control on China will be greatly reduced.
Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce of the United States, said recently that the United States had reached an agreement with the Netherlands and Japan to restrict the export of some advanced chip manufacturing equipment to China. The agreement will extend some export controls passed by the United States in October to the companies of the two allies, including ASML, Nikon and Tokyo Electronics.

SEMI welcomed the agreement reached between Japan, the Netherlands and the United States, but worried that the semiconductor export restrictions of Japan, the Netherlands and other allies would not be as strict as the United States. SEMI issued a report that even if Japan, the Netherlands and other allies take restrictive measures on specific semiconductor equipment, these restrictions are largely “ineffective” unless they agree to carry out broader control over Chinese manufacturing facilities or wafer factories that produce advanced chips.
SEMI mentioned that the allies need to restrict their engineers and others to support China’s semiconductor development. Without additional restrictions, China’s advanced semiconductor production will still be able to use existing equipment, Chinese-made equipment and other parts, and benefit from the proprietary technology and services provided by non-American people.