News Analysis
Following the U.S. chip ban on China last October, South Korea, a member of the U.S.-led Chip 4 Alliance, has not followed Washington’s strategy as explicitly as other alliance members, Japan and Taiwan, as it appears to have been trying to strike a balance between the United States and China.
However, analysts believe South Korea will stay in the alliance despite its lukewarm participation.
Since releasing U.S. semiconductor sanctions against China last October, Washington has urged its allies to jointly expand export controls on semiconductors and chipmaking equipment to China.
In the past two months, Japan and the Netherlands, the world’s leading exporters of semiconductor equipment, have announced export controls on China. Taiwan said from the outset that it would comply with U.S. policies….