RUBIO'S MEETING TODAY FOR THE AI ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY CONFERENCE

UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE RUBIO WILL CHAIR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY ACTION GROUP (EDAG) ON WEDNESDAY. THE MECHANISM WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED UNDER THE BIDEN GOVERNMENT AND HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR TWO YEARS NOW. AN OFFICIAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE STATED THAT THE GROUP, WHICH WAS COMPOSED OF THE HEADS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR “DEDICATING THE DIRECTION AND FOCUS OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC POLICY AND THUS ADVANCING UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES”. THESE GOALS INCLUDE “UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP IN THE AREA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”. ALSO PRESENT WERE OFFICIALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, AS WELL AS HEADS OF UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVES, THE UNITED STATES EXPORT-IMPORT BANK, THE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION, THE UNITED STATES TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION AND THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY. KIM XIAN