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Taiwan has condemned Russia's attack and already joined the
Western-led sanctions effort, though it is largely symbolic as
there is only minimal direct trade between the island and
Russia.
Taiwan's Cabinet said in an announcement that any companies
wishing to export a long list of tech-related goods to Russia
would need to seek permission.
The move has been made "in order to prevent our country from
exporting high-tech goods to Russia for the production of
military weapons", the Cabinet added.
The list includes equipment for making semiconductors, the
production of which Taiwan is a world leader in, as well as
lasers and navigation systems.
The Economy Ministry added in a separate statement that it
"urges industry to follow the export control laws, conduct due
diligence before exporting, and avoid exporting products from
the 'Russian export list' that can be used for weapons
proliferation to Russia without approval".
It said it had produced the list based upon what other allied
countries were doing and that in total it covered 57 "controlled
items".
A U.S. official said last week that Taiwan's TSMC, the world's
largest contract chipmaker, had exited the Russian market,
cutting off the Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies' access to
Elbrus chips, which are widely used in Russian intelligence and
military systems.
Ukraine's plight has won broad public sympathy in Taiwan due to
what many people view as the parallels between what it happening
in the European country and what could happen if China ever uses
force to bring the island it claims as its own territory under
Chinese control.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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