American AI Tech Is 'Open for Business,' White House Official Tells APEC
The Trump administration is doubling down on efforts to promote exports of AI technologies to close trading partners, especially those in Asia, a senior White House official said last week at a meeting of ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member states.
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Michael Kratsios, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, stressed to APEC officials that the administration’s recently issued AI Action Plan (see 2507240019) is aimed at “promoting the export of full-stack American AI technology packages” to U.S. allies around the world.
“Our hope is that AI will be a powerful tool for bilateral diplomacy,” he said. “We believe that by packaging the American AI stack and making it available to you, we can strengthen our friendships, empower each of our nations’ AI innovation, and secure a peaceful future of shared prosperity.”
Kratsios said American AI is “open for business,” and “we are ready to make deals.” The White House’s AI Action Plan directs the Commerce Department to call for proposals from industry to participate in the AI export program, and those proposals will identify specific target countries to boost U.S. AI exports.
“As we speak, the clock is ticking as my office at the White House and the Secretary of State assist the Secretary of Commerce in establishing the American AI Exports Program, which will carry out the development and deployment of the U.S. AI stack, packaged for each customer nation’s convenience,” Kratsios said. He noted that those export packages will include hardware such as chips and servers, along with data center storage, cloud services and networking; data pipelines and labeling systems; AI models and programs; security systems; and more.
“With the AI export packages we are developing, we want you to have the AI sovereignty, data privacy, and technical customization that you so rightly demand on behalf of your peoples,” Kratsios said, according to a transcript provided by the White House. “We are committed to finding a way to enable America’s private companies to meet your national technological needs.”