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US efforts to erect ‘silicon fence’ against China run into resistance
America’s chip allies – the Netherlands, Japan and South Korea – have varying degrees of concern over the approach taken, its costs and its long-term efficacy.
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Employees working on the final assembly of ASML's semiconductor lithography tool in Veldhoven, Netherlands, in 2019.
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WASHINGTON - Mr Alan Estevez, the man in charge of the rules restricting America’s chip exports to China, was a picture of confidence when he predicted in October that other countries would soon join Washington in its virtual blockade to contain China’s chip development.
“I’m very bullish. I have zero confidence that we’re not going to have a deal,” Mr Estevez, who heads the Bureau of Industry and Security, said with a fist pump and a chuckle.
