Trade and Manufacturing Monitor

Commerce Department Publishes Artificial Intelligence “Diffusion” Rulemaking
On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) announcing (1) updated controls for advanced computing chips and associated license…
2024 AGA Annual Meeting Wrap-Up
The Attorney General Alliance (AGA) hosted its 2024 Annual Meeting this June, bringing together State AGs, staff, and industry for discussions on a number of topics important to AGs, including AI (again), nonpartisan…
State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned from . . . Colorado
We continue our State AG webinar series traveling farther west past the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Last week, we spoke with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Deputy Attorney General for…
Those AI Commitments from the Tech Companies Aren’t “Just Voluntary” – They’re Enforceable by the FTC
On July 21, 2023, the White House announced that it had secured commitments from the leading artificial intelligence companies to manage the risks posed by AI. As stressed in the press release and in news articles…