Bloomberg reporting (gated) - in brief:

  • Trump's admin seeking to further tighten chip controls on China
  • Pushing for Japan and Netherlands to align on US China restrictions
  • Considering tighter controls on Nvidia (NVDA) chip exports to China
  • US also considering tigher restrictions on SMIC and SCMT
  • US officials met Japanese, Dutch counterparts to restrict Tokyo electron, ASML engineers from maintaining semiconductor gear in China

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Source: Forex Live