The European Union can keep away from getting swept up into China’s response to U.S. chip-equipment curbs, Beijing’s ambassador in The Hague stated in an interview with a Dutch newspaper.
“If the Individuals deal with us in a hegemonic method, we are going to in fact reply,” stated Tan Jian, Chinese language ambassador to the Netherlands, in an interview with NRC printed Sunday. “However our relationship with the E.U. shouldn’t be affected.”
The Netherlands is house to ASML Holding NV, which makes the world’s most superior chipmaking gear and has been drawn right into a geopolitical spat because the Biden administration seeks to curtail Beijing’s ambitions within the semiconductor business. An expanded ban on the corporate’s gross sales of sure high-end tools to China took impact this month.
“The U.S. has stretched its thought of safety far, too far, even to issues that don’t have anything to do with army dangers,” he stated within the interview. “And they’re placing strain on their allies to do the identical.”
Earlier this month, ASML stated it canceled shipments of some machines to China after the Dutch authorities partially revoked export licenses. The transfer was on the request of U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration and got here weeks earlier than the ban took impact, Bloomberg reported earlier this month.
Tan stated dialog with the Dutch authorities wants to enhance to stop the scenario from getting worse. Chinese language corporations had been discovering it harder to function within the bloc as a consequence of elevated controls, political strain and disinformation, in line with Tan.
“European China coverage is complicated,” he stated. “China is known as a cooperation companion, an financial competitor and a systemic rival.”
