28-05-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The Case for Exporting American AI
Generative artificial intelligence isn't a trend; it's the backbone of the next industrial era. Countries are racing to build the full AI stack: data centers, chips, power and platforms. On his recent trip to the Middle East, President Trump signed deals to export AI chips to Persian Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, in exchange for more than $1 trillion in investments in the U.S. economy, largely in AI infrastructure.
The deals signify a shift from the Biden administration's AI Diffusion Rule, which sought to regulate the export of American-made AI chips and handed China an opening to dominate the market. By rescinding the rule on May 13, two days before the compliance deadline was scheduled to go into effect, Mr. Trump cleared the path for America to lead. Now, American allies can build AI using U.S. infrastructure, values and standards.
