Trump Calls for New Program to Boost AI Tech Exports
The Trump administration is launching a new program to increase U.S. exports of AI technologies and services as part of an effort to spread the adoption of American AI systems around the world.
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An executive order signed this week calls on the Commerce Department -- together with the State Department and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy -- to create an “American AI Exports Program” that will boost the “development and deployment of United States full-stack AI export packages.” Commerce will call for proposals from “industry-led consortia” to participate in the program, and those proposals must include:
- a full-stack AI technology package, which encompasses AI computer hardware (such as chips and servers), data center storage, cloud services, and networking, along with a description of whether those items are made in America
- data pipelines and labeling systems
- AI models and systems
- measures to ensure the security and cybersecurity of AI models and systems
- AI applications for specific use cases -- such as education or healthcare -- that identify specific target countries for export and include “a business and operational model” to explain the entities that will build, own, and operate the data centers and infrastructure.
The proposals must also ensure any exports comply with all U.S. export controls, outbound investment regulations and end-user policies, the executive order said, along with “relevant guidance” from the Bureau of Industry and Security.
Proposals will be due 90 days after Commerce solicits them, but the agency also will consider other proposals on a rolling basis. Selected proposals “will be designated as priority AI export packages and will be supported through priority access” to certain federal support and financing.
The order added that the State Department will be responsible for “coordinating United States participation in multilateral initiatives and country-specific partnerships for AI deployment and export promotion.” The agency also will analyze foreign market access, including any “technical barriers to trade and regulatory measures that may impede the competitiveness of United States offerings.”
The order was issued hours after the White House released its AI Action Plan on July 23, which called on U.S. agencies to impose new export controls on the subsystems of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, double down on enforcement for exports of advanced AI chips, and consider mandating that chip exporters use location-tracking features (see 2507230028).