The Trump administration is promoting artificial intelligence (AI) exports and maritime surveillance technology at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in southern China this week, as Washington seeks to counter Beijing’s technological and maritime influence. Casey Mace, the US senior official to APEC, said the Trump administration had launched a $20-million fund to support adoption of American AI technologies by partner economies in the region, part of a broader effort to strengthen US leadership in emerging technologies.

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