Executive Order 14320, signed by President Donald Trump on July 23, 2025, establishes the American AI Exports Program to promote the export of the full US AI technology stack abroad. It directs federal agencies to coordinate diplomatic, financial, and regulatory tools behind industry-led export packages, and tasks the State Department with helping partner countries build regulatory environments favorable to American AI systems. The order replaced the Biden-era export-licensing approach with one centered on export promotion.
| Signed | July 23, 2025 |
| Published | July 28, 2025 (90 FR 35393) |
| President | Donald Trump (47th) |
| Scope | Federal government coordination for US AI export promotion globally |
American AI Exports Program
The Program operates through industry-led consortia that apply to the Department of Commerce for "priority AI export package" designation. Selected packages gain access to the full suite of federal financing tools.
A qualifying full-stack package must include:
- AI-optimized hardware (chips, servers, accelerators, data center)
- Data pipelines and labeling systems
- AI models and systems
- Cybersecurity measures for AI models
- AI applications for specific use cases (healthcare, education, software engineering, transportation, agriculture)
Implementation: first proposal round (2026)
The Commerce Department opened a 90-day proposal window for the program's first phase on April 1, 2026 (Source: trade.gov). By July 7, 2026, the department's International Trade Administration was reviewing 78 industry submissions proposing full-stack AI export packages spanning hardware, data, models, cybersecurity, and sector-specific applications (Source: insidetrade.com). The Information Technology Industry Council said on July 13, 2026 that the volume of applications demonstrates strong industry interest in the program (Source: insideaipolicy.com).
Federal resources deployed
The order mobilizes existing federal financing and coordination authorities behind designated export packages.
| Tool | Legal Authority | Instrument |
|---|---|---|
| Export-Import Bank | 12 U.S.C. § 635 | Direct loans, loan guarantees |
| DFC | 22 U.S.C. § 9621 | Equity, co-financing, political risk insurance |
| Trade Development Agency | 22 U.S.C. § 2421(b) | Technical assistance, feasibility studies |
| Economic Diplomacy Action Group | Presidential Memorandum (June 21, 2024) | Coordination across agencies |
Governance norms as a co-export
The State Department's diplomatic role includes helping partner countries build "pro-innovation regulatory, data, and infrastructure environments conducive to the deployment of American AI systems." Under this framing, US AI governance norms travel alongside the technology: countries adopting US AI stacks are oriented toward US-style light-touch regulation.
The order is the promotion side of US AI geopolitics, paired with the restriction side documented in Export Controls (AI). Where chip controls deny China access to US compute, EO 14320 draws third countries toward US AI ecosystems through federal financial incentives and diplomatic engagement.
Comparison to the Biden-era approach
The order departs from the prior administration's export-licensing framework, the BIS AI Diffusion Rule.
| Element | Biden (BIS AI Diffusion Rule, Jan 2025) | Trump (EO 14320, July 2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary mechanism | Tier-based export licensing restrictions | Industry-led export promotion with federal support |
| Focus | Preventing Chinese AI access | Expanding US AI market share |
| Third-country framing | Compliance requirement | Partnership opportunity |
| Standards | NIST-aligned; safety-oriented | Innovation-focused; governance norms as export |
The Biden AI Diffusion Rule was rescinded on May 13, 2025, and EO 14320 serves as its substantive replacement, shifting the default of US policy from restriction toward promotion with bilateral enforcement cooperation.
Relationships
- related: Executive Order 14179 — Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence — first Trump AI EO; cleared the regulatory field
- related: Executive Order 14365 — Ensuring a National Policy Framework for AI — positive AI policy framework
- related: Export Controls (AI) — complementary restriction-side policy
- related: BIS Framework for AI Diffusion — Interim Final Rule (Jan 13, 2025) — the Biden rule this effectively replaces
- related: AI Sovereignty — third countries' AI stack choice is implicitly a sovereignty question
- related: Geopolitics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence — Sullivan/Feldman technology-sharing framework