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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Jan HENNOP

'Chip Alliance': S. Korean President Kicks Off Dutch Trip

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol hopes to boost ties with his Dutch visit (Credit: AFP)

South Korea's president on Tuesday kicked off a visit to the Netherlands, hoping to forge a "chip alliance" between the two global semiconductor powerhouses amid growing tech tensions with China.

Yoon Suk Yeol will become the first foreign leader to visit the highly controlled "cleanroom" manufacturing facilities of Dutch tech giant ASML, which makes cutting-edge machines to build semiconductor chips.

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