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Trump team seeks to toughen chip controls over China, Bloomberg News reports
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Posted on February 25, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 25, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
The Trump administration plans to tighten semiconductor controls on China, aiming to limit Beijing's tech capabilities and align key allies with US efforts.
(Reuters) -The Trump administration is planning to toughen semiconductor restrictions on China, continuing and expanding the Biden administration's efforts to limit Beijing's technological prowess, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.
U.S. officials recently met with their Japanese and Dutch counterparts about restricting Tokyo Electron and ASML engineers from maintaining semiconductor gear in China, the report said.
Some Trump officials also aim to further restrict the quantity and types of Nvidia chips that can be exported to China without a license, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Nvidia, Tokyo Electron, ASML, the White House, the Dutch foreign trade ministry and Japan's ministry of economy, trade and industry did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
Trump's goal is for key allies to align with the U.S. in imposing restrictions on China, similar to those placed on American chip gear companies like Lam Research, KLA and Applied Materials, as per the report.
(Reporting by Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H K)
The Trump administration is planning to toughen semiconductor restrictions on China, continuing and expanding the Biden administration's efforts to limit Beijing's technological prowess.
The companies involved include Nvidia, Tokyo Electron, and ASML, among others, as the U.S. seeks to impose restrictions similar to those on American chip gear companies.
U.S. officials recently met with their Japanese and Dutch counterparts to discuss restricting engineers from maintaining semiconductor gear in China.
Some Trump officials aim to further restrict the quantity and types of Nvidia chips that can be exported to China without a license.
Trump's goal is for key allies to align with the U.S. in imposing restrictions on China, similar to those placed on American chip gear companies.
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