Tokyo has reportedly agreed to join the United States and the Netherlands in halting shipments of semiconductor manufacturing equipment

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has cancelled his planned visit to China after a Chinese spy balloon was tracked flying across the country

President Xi Jinping warned this week that China must speed up moves to become self-reliant in science and technology "to prevent being strangled by foreign countries"

Washington hopes to deploy more Western mobile phone networks in India and also welcome more Indian computer chip specialists to the US

The laid-off workers were identified as 'poor performers' just two months after the US chip sanctions on China hit YMTC, SCMP said

US officials are now blocking 4G items, Wifi 6 and 7, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing and cloud items from being shipped to Huawei; China says this is a serious concern

Taiwan's export orders are likely to have contracted again in December as the island feels the hit of cooling global demand

Japan is a major supplier of machines used to make leading-edge semiconductors that could come under new restrictions

Europe’s largest technology company said the measures were not expected to have a material impact on its 2023 financial forecasts

Netherlands-based ASML Holding, a key supplier to chipmakers, could see at least some of its $2.4 billion in annual sales to China affected by fresh curbs

The Netherlands will restrict ASML from selling advanced chimaking equipment to China, while Japan would impose similar restrictions on Nikon Corp, media reports said

If the two sides can agree on the details, a deal could be announced as soon as Friday, two sources have said