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Will any of the following countries announce on or before 31 March 2023 that they are joining the United States’ chip export ban against China?

Multiple select Opened 19 January 2023 Closed 1 April 2023 Resolved 5 April 2023 426 forecasts 118 forecasters
In October 2022, the United States announced measures aimed at controlling China’s access to advanced semiconductor chips, including export restrictions on both advanced chips and the equipment needed to manufacture them (Reuters). Since then, the United States has attempted to convince key allies, most notably Japan, Netherlands, and South Korea, to join the ban as well (Bloomberg).  In January 2023, President Biden met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to continue discussions.   This question will be resolved using an official announcement by the relevant country. Announcements which specify that a country will be following some, but not all, of the U.S. measures will resolve as "Yes". 
Read more about the U.S.'s semiconductor export controls on the INFER blog.
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Outcome

Answer Final crowd forecast Resolution
Japan 51% Happened
The Netherlands 12% Happened
South Korea 12% Did not happen
Any other country not listed 8% Did not happen

“Final crowd forecast” is the last aggregate crowd probability computed before the question closed – the right-hand end of the chart below, which this table is the accessible equivalent of.

Crowd forecast over time

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Jan 2023 Feb 2023 Apr 2023 51% 12% 12% 8%
Japan The Netherlands South Korea Any other country not listed
The aggregate crowd probability, one point per day, from RFI's primary aggregation method. Gaps are days with no computed aggregate. Individual forecasts are not shown.