Japan restricts semiconductor equipment exports as China chip war intensifies
日本将限制出口23种半导体设备
Tokyo aligns with Washington in move expected to significantly curtail activity by Beijing
Japan plans to impose export restrictions on 23 types of equipment used to make semiconductors, following similar curbs by the US designed to restrict China’s access to cutting-edge chips in an intensifying battle over the technology.
The move by Japan fulfils its side of a three-way agreement with the US and Netherlands that would significantly curtail China’s ability to import equipment used to produce the most advanced types of semiconductors.
Japan has avoided any formal public reference to that agreement, as geopolitical tensions and US-China decoupling have raised pressure on Japanese companies to work out a strategy that allows them to straddle both markets.
日本经济产业省的声明没有明确提到中国，但日本此举显然是在履行其与美国和荷兰达成的旨在限制中国获得先进芯片的三方协议。
紧跟美国之后，日本计划对23种用于制造半导体的设备实施出口限制。美国之前就出台了类似的管制措施，旨在限制中国获得尖端芯片。围绕芯片技术的战争愈演愈烈。
日本此举是在履行其与美国和荷兰达成的三方协议，该协议将极大地限制中国进口用于生产最先进半导体的设备的能力。
日本一直避免在正式场合公开提及该协议，因为地缘政治紧张局势和美中脱钩给日本企业带来了压力，迫使它们寻找如何脚踏两个市场的对策。
