AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch authorities on Friday said it may develop export licensing requirements for some ASML devices, efficiently retaking oversight over them from the United States and aligning the two worldwide places’ protection.
The United States had beforehand unilaterally regulated these devices, as part of its advertising and marketing marketing campaign to restrict entry to superior know-how by Chinese chipmakers, to gradual Beijing’s technological and armed forces advances.
ASML said in a press launch that it didn’t anticipate the change in oversight to affect earnings this 12 months or eventually.
“I’m making this decision for our safety,” said Dutch Trade Minister Reinette Klever, saying the change.
“We see that due to technological developments there are more safety risks in the export of these specific production machines.”
While the U.S. and Netherlands keep in talks over export protection, Friday’s decision is a smart switch that ought to alleviate some rigidity between the governments.
The machines in question, ASML’s 1970i and 1980i DUV immersion lithography devices, are roughly in the midst of its product range.
Under U.S. stress, the Dutch authorities has not at all allowed ASML to ship its best EUV devices to Chinese prospects, whereas it began requiring a license for NXT:2000 sequence and better of DUV devices in Sept. 2023.
ASML warned Chinese prospects to not anticipate provide of those devices starting in 2024.
However in October 2023, the U.S. unilaterally began limiting ASML’s cargo of the 1970i and 1980i devices, on the argument that they embrace some U.S. elements.
Members of the Dutch parliament raised questions regarding the implications for the Netherlands’ sovereignty, whereas ASML, a Dutch agency, struggled to keep up up with separate licensing requirements throughout the U.S. and Netherlands.
(Reporting by Toby Sterling;Editing by Alison Williams and Philippa Fletcher)
