Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, Rethink Trade’s Lori Wallach participated in a U.S. House AI Taskforce panel with other policy experts to discuss international and state preemption issues related to AI regulation. In response, Rethink Trade released the following statement.

“The House AI Taskforce provided policymakers and outside experts the opportunity for a substantive and thought-provoking discussion as we all continue to grapple with this consequential technology’s implications,” said Lori Wallach, Director of Economic Liberties’ Rethink Trade Program. “Acknowledging the role that international preemption via trade agreements plays in our government’s ability to develop effective oversight will be critical to develop clear and safe guidelines to preserve competition in the industry, prevent various harms, and maximize this technology’s upsides.”

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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.