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Japan has their own disagreements with China, don't think they would even if the US would allow it.

Don't think that's true. There were many Japanese firms who were displeased when the US government forced them to stop serving the Chinese market.

There are many US firms that are displeased not being able to serve the Chinese market...

Nvidia, AMD, etc they all build products specifically for designed to go around export controls. Their shareholders would be pissed if they didn't.

For-profit corporate interest trump whatever historical geopolitical disagreements countries may have.

That's why government always step in with regulations, because corporations only care about selling to the highest bidder for profit no matter how that would affect national interests.

And today China is the most profitable county you can sell to if you're in the lithography business. Banning sales of equipment to China is something all lithography companies hate.

Absolutely. The point I was making though, is that regulations could very well come from an initive of the Japanese government.

Of course the reality is that both the US and Japan are involved in chip restrictions, as both have to gain by restricting China's access to advanced technology.

https://www.ft.com/content/aad4f7b3-0a0f-46ca-9449-14fedce0e...

The US has had to apply heavy pressure to both the Dutch and the Japanese to get them to restrict exports to China. They wouldn't have done it if not for the US demanding them.

https://www.ft.com/content/3fa44901-33e4-4ab4-9f7b-efe1575a6...

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