Lutnick Urges Tougher Enforcement of Export Curbs on China

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called for stepped up enforcement of US export controls to prevent China from stealing critical American technologies that could support Beijing’s ambitions in areas like artificial intelligence and aviation.

“They are trying to copy our technology,” Lutnick said Thursday during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Commerce Department’s budget. “In the race for AI supremacy, they are behind us, but they are working with the central government to get us, right, to beat us so that they will have intellectual superiority over us.”