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> U.S., Dutch and Japanese officials are close to an agreement to limit China's access to technology used to make computer chips, a Dutch semiconductor supply company confirmed Sunday.

> The Dutch government has prohibited ASML from exporting that equipment to China since 2019, but the company had still been shipping lower-quality lithography systems to China.

> U.S. officials say China is spending heavily to develop its fledgling semiconductor producers but so far cannot make the high-end chips used in the most advanced smartphones and other devices.

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