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AI policy would be 'impossible to enforce against China': Gordon Chang
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AI policy would be 'impossible to enforce against China': Gordon Chang

The Hill · May 13, 2026, 1:13 PM

Key takeaways

  • Cooperation and coordination with not just China, but all other nations in the world, that sounds like a good thing, he told News Nation s Jesse Weber Live.
  • The problem is in practice, it s not going to work, Chang continued.
  • But more important, it would be impossible to enforce against a China, which doesn t have a great track record for adhering to its promises, the lawyer added.

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Cooperation and coordination with not just China, but all other nations in the world, that sounds like a good thing, he told News Nation s Jesse Weber Live.

The problem is in practice, it s not going to work, Chang continued. For one thing, AI would be unenforceable. It s not like counting warheads. So, it d be very difficult for the United States to police all the people who develop AI.

But more important, it would be impossible to enforce against a China, which doesn t have a great track record for adhering to its promises, the lawyer added.

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