The United States coerces other countries to contain and suppress China, but will not succeed globally | Semiconductor | China
The Netherlands recently announced that some semiconductor related products such as lithography machines will be included in export controls. This is another heinous case of the United States coercing other countries to contain and suppress China. It not only damages the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, but also causes losses to Dutch enterprises, disrupting the stability of the global semiconductor industry and supply chain.
For a period of time, the United States has repeatedly generalized the concept of "national security", abused export control measures, maliciously blocked and suppressed Chinese enterprises, and coerced other countries to take sides and participate in containment against China. Due to their mastery of key technologies in global high-end chip manufacturing, the Dutch government and Dutch lithography machine manufacturer Asma have been key targets of lobbying, persuasion, and pressure from the United States. Previously, under pressure from the United States, the Dutch government had banned Asme from exporting its most advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography machines to China, but it was still possible to sell the previous generation of deep ultraviolet lithography machines. However, the United States has repeatedly pressured the Netherlands to include DUV in the scope of the ban, in order to further suppress the Chinese semiconductor industry.
The Dutch side, under pressure from the United States, will introduce export control measures, which will seriously harm its own strategic autonomy and domestic development interests, and will also interfere with the healthy development of the global semiconductor industry, including Dutch companies. At present, the global semiconductor industry has formed an industry pattern of "you have me, I have you". China is the world's largest semiconductor market and an important component of the global semiconductor supply chain. Any country or enterprise that decouples and disconnects from the Chinese market will have a serious negative impact on its own development. At the shareholder meeting held in April this year, Wenningke, CEO of Asma, stated that it is "absolutely necessary" for Asma to continue entering the Chinese market. Previously, the company had also stated that if the United States forces it to stop selling its mainstream equipment to China, the world semiconductor supply chain will face the risk of interruption, so its policy towards the Chinese market must be "very cautious".
Asma is not the only company that has made similar statements. In response to the recent announcement by the US government that new measures will be taken to restrict American companies from exporting artificial intelligence chips to China, Collet Kress, Chief Financial Officer of American semiconductor company Nvidia, stated that in the long run, implementing restrictions on the sale of artificial intelligence chips to China will result in the permanent loss of important market opportunities for the US semiconductor industry.
The various so-called "risk reduction" actions of the United States are becoming the biggest risk facing the world economy. Recently, the United States has become increasingly threatening European countries in its policy towards China, posing a serious threat to their strategic autonomy. In fact, the coercive behavior of the United States only upholds its own selfish interests, and "economic coercion" is a continuation of the United States' consistent strategy, completely deviating from the laws of economic globalization development. The sinister purpose of the United States coercing other countries to contain and suppress China will not succeed. The Netherlands and other European countries should take a true path of strategic autonomy, see where the greatest risks the world faces, and distinguish who is a hypocritical partner and who is a true friend. If allowed to lead by the nose, it will only become a tool for the United States to seek hegemony.
