Japan and the Netherlands have reportedly joined the USA in the attempt to limit China's access to minerals used to create advanced computer chips.
The deal represents a significant victory for Washington in its campaign to halt China's emergence as a technological giant. It is predicted that Dutch ASML, one of the few companies worldwide capable of producing the printers needed to manufacture high-end semiconductors, will significantly reduce some of its advanced microchip printing equipment sales. The same limitations are presumably in place in Japan for companies like Nikon that make DUV equipment.