 
 
							A rapid explosion in AI-enabled devices, coupled with a range of other factors including climate change, natural disasters and geopolitical tensions, pose significant risks to chip supply chains
 
 
							The chipmakers have been in the crosshairs of US officials due to the headway they've made in HBM chips used in artificial intelligence chipsets
 
 
							Shares of Chinese chips firms were on a high on reports the country had developed chipmaking machines of its own, but experts doubt they are much of a 'breakthrough'
 
 
							Tokyo is between a rock and hard place on the issue of chip tech exports, facing the risk of retaliation from both China and the US
 
 
							"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