The Japanese and U.S. governments are considering the creation of a multilateral framework to regulate the export of advanced technology, according to several sources. Japan and the United States want to cooperate with like-minded countries in Europe and block exports of such technology to China, which seeks to utilize private-sector technology to boost its military capabilities.
They are currently specifying the fields to be subject to regulation, which would likely include semiconductor manufacturing equipment, quantum cryptography and artificial intelligence.
