According to Jiwei.com, the U.S. and Dutch governments are negotiating on the issue of ASML, the global leader in semiconductor development equipment, providing services to Chinese customers. ASML CEO Peter Wennink said on Wednesday (17th) that there is no reason not to provide services to Chinese customers. equipment to provide services.

The U.S. government is trying to persuade allies such as the Netherlands to make it more difficult for China to manufacture advanced chips on its own. The U.S. and Dutch governments are negotiating to restrict ASML from providing maintenance and other services for wafer manufacturing equipment purchased by Chinese customers before the sales ban took effect.

"There have been discussions between the two governments, and I think there are things that need to be discussed by the governments as part of the so-called national security interests," Wennink was reported to have said.

However, Wennink also bluntly stated that there is no reason not to provide services for equipment that has been sold to Chinese customers.

Roger Dassen, chief financial officer of ASML, said that among the company's unfulfilled orders, the proportion of orders from Chinese customers is about 20%. He also said that Chinese chip manufacturers are expanding the production of mature process chips.

"China's demand is strong because their production capacity is increasing." Dassen said that in many years, China will account for a higher proportion of the global market and its self-sufficiency will increase.

According to multiple people familiar with the matter, the United States' recent attempts to pressure allies such as the Netherlands and Japan to further restrict China's access to semiconductor technology have been frustrated. The Netherlands and Japan have resisted these additional restrictive measures, hoping to have more time to evaluate the impact of existing export restrictions and wait and see. Who will win the US presidential election in November?

Regarding the Biden administration's continuous strengthening of control measures on chip exports to China, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticized the United States, accusing the United States of using national security as an excuse to restrict chip exports to China. However, in fact, the relevant measures completely exceeded the boundaries of national security, causing ordinary civilians to Chip trade is severely restricted.

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