In concert with similar measures in other countries, the restrictions will stem the flow of crucial technology like semiconductors that Russia needs to upgrade and even maintain its military, as well as other strategic industries. Europe, which exports 50 percent more goods and services to Russia than China does, is fully onboard, and countries that go along with such controls will be exempt from many of the new extraterritorial US rules. Accordingly, for the first time since the Cold War, a large coalition of top technology producing countries are coordinating with Washington to impose similar controls on a major economy.