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Reference News reported on August 1 According to Reuters on July 31, according to two sources familiar with the matter, the Biden administration plans to announce a new regulation in August that will expand the U.S. power to prevent some countries and regions from exporting semiconductor manufacturing equipment to Chinese chip manufacturers.

The sources, who were not authorized to speak to the media and declined to be identified, said U.S. allies that export key chipmaking equipment, including Japan, the Netherlands and South Korea, would be excluded from the new rules, limiting their impact.

Therefore, major chip manufacturing equipment manufacturers such as ASML of the Netherlands and Tokyo Electron of Japan will not be affected.

One of the sources said the regulation, an expansion of the U.S. "Foreign Direct Product Rule," would ban about six Chinese chip companies from receiving exports from multiple countries and regions. The affected chip companies are at the core of China's most advanced chip manufacturing efforts.

Countries and regions where exports will be affected include Israel, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan.

A spokesman for the U.S. Commerce Department, which is responsible for export control issues, declined to comment.

The new rules, still in draft form, show how Washington is trying to keep pressure on China’s booming semiconductor industry without angering its allies.

The planned new rules are still drafts and could change, but the goal is to publish them in some form in August, the sources said.

In addition to Japan, the Netherlands and South Korea, the draft also exempts more than 30 other countries and regions belonging to the same group.

The U.S. Department of Commerce said on its website that it groups countries "based on factors such as diplomatic relations and security issues," and that "these groupings help determine licensing requirements, simplify export control regulations, and ensure legal and secure international trade." (Compiled by Hu Xue)