In July, the Trump administration announced its highly-anticipated AI Action Plan, which sets out a guide for achieving U.S. AI dominance by propelling innovation and adoption, easing regulation, and promoting the country’s tech stack abroad. Just three days later, China released its own vision, the Action Plan on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence. In stark…
In August, the Trump administration reversed course on Nvidia’s H20 AI chips, lifting previous restrictions under a 15 percent revenue-share condition, and is now considering allowing exports of a slightly downgraded version of Nvidia’s Blackwell — America’s most advanced AI chip. Proponents argue it will keep Chinese developers “addicted to the American technology stack” because…
In July, both the United States and China put forward their national visions for AI development and governance through their own AI Action Plans. Washington’s plan leans into the rhetoric of AI dominance and transactional dealmaking to advance U.S. national interests. In stark contrast, Beijing has pitched the world on a vision of AI governance…
The Trump administration’s initial preparations for the Aug. 15 Alaska meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared shaky. But the meeting could advance a lasting settlement of the war if President Donald Trump avoids Putin’s predictable traps, decides to ramp up the pressure on Russia, and makes clear that the United States will back Ukraine’s…
All too little noticed in the flurry of executive orders and chaos of the opening weeks of the Trump administration was a statement with potentially profound consequences sandwiched into the new 10 percent tariff imposed on China – that “the articles that are products of China” will “hereinafter… include products of Hong Kong.” This insert,…
On Feb. 1, President Donald Trump issued three executive orders concerning a “public health crisis” regarding the influx of illicit drugs to the United States from Canada, Mexico, and China. The orders reiterate the national emergency the president declared on his first day in office regarding the “grave threat to the United States posed by…
(Editor’s Note: This is the next installment of our series, “Tech Policy under Trump 2.0.” Read the first article in the series here). During a Dec. 18 press conference in Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald Trump took an unexpected tack, suggesting the United States and China could “work together to solve all of the world’s problems.” With…