President Trump Issues Executive Order Curbing “Onerous” State AI Laws

On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” (the “Order”), attempting to limit state laws that regulate artificial intelligence. The stated purpose of the Order is to “promote United States national and economic security and dominance across many domains,” and it seeks to create a “minimally burdensome national standard” for artificial intelligence governance, forbidding any state laws that conflict…
By: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer