"I think to make the case that this is about national security is getting harder and harder" said Christophe Fouquet

China was the only country to increase its year-on-year chip equipment purchases, with other major buyers like Taiwan, South Korea and the US all spending less

China has emerged as a significant buyer of ASML’s products — accounting for nearly half of its sales — in the first quarter of the year

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said The Hague was weighing up the consequences of more export restrictions on its leading tech outfit

The patents represent a small fraction of China's global patents, but could jeopardise the renewal of a 45-year-old science and technology pact between Beijing and Washington

Prices of gallium and germanium have nearly doubled in the months since China tamped down their exports

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said China was 'not playing by the same rules' as the rest of the world. He is also considering similar levies on imports of chips and solar cells

American firms producing electric vehicles to electric utility equipment largely want higher China tariffs to be reduced, delayed or abandoned altogether

Current unilateral curbs were benefitting foreign rivals at the expense of US businesses, California Democrats said in a letter this week

Supplies of advanced tech to Moscow, desperate to sidestep US and EU sanctions, fell this year but China, Hong Kong remain important transshipment hubs

The chipmaker — now the world’s most valuable company — is planning to develop processors from its new 'Blackwell' chip series and sell them in China

TSMC's shares had been on a roll until US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Taiwan of stealing American chip business and asked the island to 'pay for its defence'