Trump Trade Enforcers Deploy AI to Crack Down on Tariff Dodging

The Trump administration is developing an AI-powered “detective border” to crack down on trading partners suspected of enabling China to skirt tariffs on US imports. In a report released Thursday, the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy accused dozens of countries of being part of China’s “shadow transshipment network,” sorting them “according to the scale of China-linked trade, the depth of their economic integration with China, and the weak-link advantages that make them susceptible to rerouting activity.” The values of these goods, described as flowing through third countries to evade levies on imports and other trade …