Netherlands to Present Measures to Limit Exports of Semiconductor Technologies - Minister

PARIS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th March, 2023) The Dutch government plans to introduce additional measures to expand control of the exports of semiconductor technologies for security reasons, according to a letter by Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Liesje Schreinemacher.

"I am hereby informing you of the national supplementary export control measures that are being prepared in the area of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment... The Government has concluded that, to ensure national and international security, it is necessary to expand the existing export control on specific semiconductor manufacturing equipment," Schreinemacher's letter to the Dutch House of Representatives (lower house of parliament) says.

She said the government will multilaterally submit proposals aimed at international testing of these technologies.