The development follows the Dutch government’s announcement that it would restrict exports of critical chipmaking technology to protect national security

The Netherlands considers it necessary on national security grounds to get this technology into oversight with the greatest of speed, the Dutch trade minister said

The move signifies Beijing's changing priorities as it looks to strengthen is capabilities while Washington cuts off access to cutting edge technology

Washington has also banned beneficiaries of the $39bn CHIPS and Science Act from using the cash for share buybacks

The decision by the world’s largest contract chipmaker could help Japan revive its advanced semiconductor manufacturing

Some TSMC staff said they were reluctant to move to the US due to “potential culture clashes” and concerns around “difficult to manage” American workers

China is boosting its own semiconductor sector and clean energy sector after being hit by US export controls late last year, the SCMP said

The China business is the exclusive distributor of Arm chip technology in China and develops and sells its own chip designs based on Arm

"The United States is being strict, but there is a question of whether we have to exactly match that," said former economy minister Akira Amari.

Last month, on the heels of an export ban by the US and amid ongoing lay-offs in tech industries across the world, YMTC announced it would dismiss 10% of its staff

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

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