Trump Declares War on Tech Outsourcing with Sweeping AI Action Plan Targeting India and China

Executive Action and Strategic Framework

The comprehensive AI Action Plan, released July 23, 2025, outlines 90 federal policy positions across three strategic pillars: Accelerating Innovation, Building American AI Infrastructure, and Leading in International Diplomacy and Security. These initiatives are underpinned by three cross-cutting priorities: protecting American workers, ensuring AI systems remain free from ideological bias, and safeguarding artificial intelligence from malicious actors.

President Trump signed three executive orders addressing AI development, federal procurement, and infrastructure development. The orders establish coordinated national efforts to support American AI industry growth while promoting full-stack American AI technology exports to allied nations.

Key provisions include accelerated permitting processes for data centers and semiconductor fabrication facilities, comprehensive skilled trades training programs to support AI infrastructure development, and strict requirements that federal AI contracts go exclusively to vendors providing politically neutral models.