January 31, 2023 11:50 Last updated: 12:01
According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today (January 31), Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang had telephone conversations with Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hoekstra, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal, and Argentine Foreign Minister Cafiero on January 30. . Qin Gang said that China is willing to strengthen multilateral cooperation with the Netherlands to jointly maintain the stability of the international industrial chain and supply chain, and maintain an international trade environment that is open rather than divided and orderly rather than chaotic . The Netherlands said it will continue to handle economic and trade issues with China in a responsible manner.
Under the pressure of the United States, the move of the Dutch lithography giant ASML has attracted a lot of attention. AP photos
Under continued pressure from the United States, Japan and the Netherlands agreed to join forces to further contain China’s chip industry. Officials from the United States, Japan and the Netherlands recently reached an agreement to expand control measures for the export of chips to China, but did not disclose details.
Among them, the trend of ASML, the Dutch lithography giant, has attracted a lot of attention. Since the end of 2019, ASML has not been able to export the most advanced extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment to Chinese manufacturers, including SMIC.
According to foreign media analysis, ASML may have agreed not to sell DUV, a lithography machine that produces mature process chips, to China, which means that the scope and category of the ban will be expanded from chip equipment high end to mid i. -low-end chip equipment with mature processes.
However, ASML faces a dilemma, as China is ASML’s third largest customer. How the US compensates for the losses of these manufacturers may become the key to whether the agreement can be implemented and continued. relevant.
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte (Mark Rutte) has stated since last year that the Netherlands is not particularly interested in the ban on Chinese sales.
Peter Wennink, the chief executive of the Dutch lithography giant ASML, said on the eve of the talks with the US that the US restricting China’s chip industry could instead promote China’s research and development of advanced chips. “The greater the pressure on China, the more likely China will develop on its own and create a lithography machine similar to ASML.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said on January 30 that in order to maintain its hegemony and self-interest, the United States has abused export controls, forced and encouraged some countries to form small circles to include China, has politicized and weaponized economic, trade and technological issues, and seriously damaged the market Rules and the international economic and trade order, China is strongly opposed to this.
On January 30, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang had a telephone conversation with Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hoekstra, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal, and Argentine Foreign Minister Cafiero.
During the phone call with Hoekstra, Qin Gang said that China is looking forward to working together with the Netherlands to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen exchanges at all levels, and make new progress in the relationship between China and the Netherlands. “Openness and pragmatism” is the biggest characteristic of China-Dutch relations. China is accelerating high-quality development and high-level opening, which will bring more opportunities for cooperation between China and the Netherlands. China is willing to strengthen multilateral cooperation with the Netherlands, jointly support the positive outcomes of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, jointly maintain the stability of the international industrial chain and supply chain, and maintain openness rather than division, order rather than a chaotic international trade environment.
Hoekstra said the Dutch side is ready to intensify exchanges at all levels with the Chinese side, deepen cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, arms control, non-proliferation, and tackling climate change, and promote development continuous outdoor and trade. a pragmatic comprehensive cooperative partnership between the two countries. The Dutch side will continue to handle economic and trade issues with China in a responsible manner.
The Dutch side invited the Chinese side to attend the Water for Sustainable Development Conference co-hosted by the Netherlands, and the Chinese side indicated that it would send high-level representatives to attend. The two sides also exchanged views on the Japanese government’s decision to release nuclear contaminated water into the ocean and the issue of Ukraine.
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