American National Standards Institute launches U.S. Standards Strategy 2025

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) launched the U.S. Standards Strategy 2025, presenting it as the nation’s blueprint for standards leadership as emerging technologies reshaped global competition.

The USSS was first developed in 2000 and was updated every five years; the 2025 edition responded to what ANSI described as unprecedented technological change and intensifying geopolitical competition and it guides how the U.S. develops standards and participates in international standardization to support economic future, national cybersecurity, and quality of life.

The document set four stated objectives: strengthen U.S. commitment to international standards through strategic collaboration and defense against geopolitical manipulation; demonstrate the value of standards by expanding education on how standards drive innovation, safety, and market access; make standards development more efficient by embracing innovation and training the next generation; and address opportunities and challenges via active participation in standards for emerging technologies and investment in the full standards ecosystem.

ANSI said the 2025 strategy was shaped by extensive input from across the U.S. standardization community, reaffirmed a commitment to private-sector-led, market-relevant standards, and mobilized the U.S. standards system to enable businesses to lead in emerging technologies, address geopolitical pressures, and access international markets.

“The technologies defining this decade—artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum computing—all depend on standards,” “This strategy positions American companies and innovators to shape standards for emerging markets, leveraging our standards system to drive economic competitiveness while safeguarding the transparency and consensus-building that have powered global innovation for more than a century.” said Laurie E. Locascio, ANSI president and CEO.

ANSI made the full USSS 2025, an executive summary, and companion documents available at ANSI.org/USSS.