This is part of an ongoing series of Covington blogs on the AI policies, executive orders, and other actions of the Trump Administration. This blog describes AI actions taken by the Trump Administration in March 2025, and prior articles in this series are available here.
White House Receives Public Comments on AI Action Plan
On 9 April 2025 the European Commission (the Commission) launched a public consultation on the proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act. The initiative forms part of the Commission’s AI Continent Action Plan that was published the same day. In the accompanying Call for Evidence, the Commission sets out background to its proposed initiative
On April 3, the White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) released two memoranda with AI guidance and requirements for federal agencies, Memorandum M-25-21 on Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust (“OMB AI Use Memo“) and Memorandum M-25-22 on Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government (“OMB AI
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Dall’analisi dei provvedimenti assunti nel 2024 dagli organi dell’Istituto di Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria notiamo una preponderanza di ingiunzioni e provvedimenti basati sulla violazione degli articoli 23 e 23bis del Codice di Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria della Comunicazione commerciale (“CAP”), che individuano le regole per una corretta diffusione dei messaggi pubblicitari rispettivamente in tema di “Prodotti cosmetici e
The “market” for AI contracting terms continues to evolve, and whilst there is no standardised approach (as much will depend on the use cases, technical features and commercial terms), a number of attempts have been made to put forward contracting models. One of the latest being from the EU’s Community of Practice on Public Procurement
For more insights and analysis from Cleary lawyers on policy and regulatory developments from a legal perspective, visit What to Expect From a Second Trump Administration.
In the final weeks of the Biden Administration and early days of the second Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued
Tracey Tang and Art Dicker
Artificial intelligence has become a central pillar of China in its drive to become an advanced economy. The development of AI has enjoyed tremendous government support, benefitting from a large population and data collected in China through various digital platforms. As such, China has been at the forefront of adopting
Commerce Department Establishes Standard Policy for Questionnaire Extensions in AD/CVD Proceedings
The Department of Commerce issued a new policy to create uniform filing deadline extensions in antidumping duty and countervailing duty proceedings. Overall, the policy will decrease the amount of time received in extension requests for initial and supplemental questionnaires. The specific policy updates include
For more insights and analysis from Cleary lawyers on policy and regulatory developments from a legal perspective, visit What to Expect From a Second Trump Administration.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) held its annual Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy (the Conference). During
On March 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released two final rules that announced the addition of 80 new entities to the Entity List (see BIS press release here). In its press release, BIS officials stated that the Entity List is only one of the powerful tools