Jan 12 (Reuters) - The White House will discuss a recent crackdown on chip-making tool exports to China with Japanese and Dutch officials during an upcoming visit, but it will not lead to an "immediate" commitment by the two countries to implement it, a person familiar with the matter said. A person with U.S. officials' thoughts said on Thursday.
The Biden administration unveiled a sweeping set of export controls in October, including measures to severely limit China's access to U.S. chipmaking technology.
But it has yet to convince key allies to implement similar equipment curbs, which are seen as necessary to make the curbs work, as Japanese and Dutch firms Tokyo Electron Ltd and ASML Holding NV are also the biggest producers of chipmaking equipment.
A person familiar with the thinking of U.S. officials said that U.S. President Biden will provide a forum to discuss the issue when he meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the White House on Friday and next Tuesday respectively.
But "these visits will not result in an immediate announcement and are part of our ongoing consultations on these issues," the person said.
A key Commerce Department official said in October that such an agreement would be reached "in the short term."