Dutch PM Raises ASML Export Ban in Talks With Visiting Chinese Vice Premier

Observers say the chipmaking equipment export ban is unlikely to change as the Chinese regime continues its human rights violations.

The Dutch Parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 5, 2023. Nicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said that he had “critical conversations” with China’s visiting vice premier about chipmaking equipment supplier ASML and human rights on Jan. 24.

Observers have said that the Dutch government is unlikely to loosen export control of ASML equipment for semiconductor chips to China as the human rights conditions aren’t expected to improve under its ruling regime, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).