The Center filed comments to the International Trade Administration (ITA) regarding the establishment and implementation of the American AI Exports Program. We recommend the following:
- Commerce should clarify that the Program’s role is to expand the ability of U.S. companies to export AI to foreign markets, not gatekeep American AI exports.
- Commerce should direct the Program’s resources to priority regions.
- Commerce should include allies as partners to expand the reach of American AI exports.
- Commerce should use the Program to advance an alternative to AI sovereignty rooted in openness and competition.
- Commerce should communicate the strength of its offering through clear economic and security benefits, not values-based framing.
