No Line to Be Drawn' in Tech War With China, Says Former Commerce Department BIS Official

As the US rallies Japan and the Netherlands to join forces in strengthening the semiconductor equipment sanctions against China, Nikahtar observed that US allies don't always share the same sense of urgency felt in Washington. "I would prefer that our allies appreciate the threats in the same way as the US and understand the need to act quickly," she said.

According to Nikakhtar, US allies don't need to leverage export controls per se to restrict technology transfer to China. "They may opt to impose technology transfer restrictions through other legal mechanisms, consistent with their own domestic regulations, but inaction is not an option."

Martijn Rasser, a senior fellow and director at US think tank Center for a New American Security and a former senior intelligence officer at the CIA, noted to DIGITIMES that "US officials made their case with the Hague and Tokyo. The Netherlands and Japan will take action as sovereign states in accordance with their national interests and their national security priorities."

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