💨 Abstract

Netherlands' Economy Minister Dirk Beljaarts visited Washington to emphasize the importance of China as a trading partner, stressing the need for ASML, a Dutch semiconductor equipment maker, to operate freely. His meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves was aimed at promoting bilateral trade rather than negotiating export restrictions. This visit comes before an anticipated expansion of U.S. rules limiting semiconductor exports to certain Chinese computer chip plants.

Courtesy: theprint.in