26-0616: Tuesday's "Export/Import Daily Bugle"

1. Today’s Federal Register (No relevant new items.)

(Source: Federal Register)

2. Future Federal Register (No items of interest.)

(Source: Future Federal Register)

3. CBP Cargo Systems Messages

(Source: DHS/CBP/CSMS)

4. CBP to Host “New World Screwworm (NWS) Impact to U.S.” Webinar on 9 July

(Source: OTR Webinars, [email protected])

This webinar is a part of CBP’s Continuing Education Program. The number of credits and the credit code will be provided at the end of the webinar.

5. Commerce/BIS (Nothing new.)

(Source: Commerce/BIS)

6. DoD/DCSA Announcements (Nothing new.)

(Source: Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency)

7. DoD/DSCA Posts “JUMPSTART” Memo

(Source: Defense Security Cooperation Agency)

DSCA has posted Policy Memo 26-15, “Joint Ukraine Multinational Program - Services, Training, and Articles Rapid Timeline” (JUMPSTART) has been posted.

This policy memorandum establishes Appendix 8 entry “Joint Ukraine Multinational Program - Services, Training and Articles Rapid Timeline (JUMPSTART)” and documents procedures that allow the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) and Implementing Agencies to execute the JUMPSTART program. This memo adds JUMPSTART to Appendix 8.

8. OMB/OIRA BIS and DDTC Reviews

(Source: OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs)

9. State/DDTC (Nothing new.)

(Source: State/DDTC)

10. Treasury/OFAC (Nothing new.)

(Source: Treasury/OFAC) [Excerpts]

11. UK Export Control Joint Unit (No relevant items)

(Source: UK ECJU) [Excerpts]

12. US Trade Representative: Highlights Administration’s Work to Onshore Jobs and Production Lines

(Source: USTR Press Office, 15 Jun 2026)

Last week, Ambassador Greer toured advanced manufacturing plants in California, ranging from a semiconductor research and development facility to the largest U.S. drone manufacturer by volume.

Walking the factory floor, Ambassador Greer talked with blue-collar workers and industry leaders about how President Trump’s trade agenda is strengthening our global competitiveness by lowering trade barriers for American workers and producers.

13. White House Executive Actions (No relevant items.)

(Source: The White House)

14. Breaking Defense: “How the Commerce Crackdown on Anthropic Could Impact the Pentagon”

(Source: Breaking Defense News, 15 Jun 2026)

The administration’s latest crackdown on Anthropic further complicates the AI titan’s already ambivalent relationship with the Pentagon, which had been simultaneously banning most Anthropic products while carving out an exemption for its latest model, Mythos, analysts told Breaking Defense.

On Friday, the Commerce Department classified Anthropic’s Mythos/Fable 5 as cyber weapons subject to export controls — which makes it illegal for Anthropic to provide them to any foreign national, even its own employees.

The reasoning: Amazon reportedly told the government it had found a way around safeguards Anthropic put in place to prevent misuse of the bug-hunting capabilities that made Mythos so attractive to hackers, including the NSA.

Anthropic, in turn, shut down public access to all users, including US citizens, late on Friday, arguing it had no way to exclude only foreigners. The company says its safeguards still largely hold, and the breach can be easily repaired. As of Monday, a delegation of senior Anthropic executives has reportedly flown to DC to try to resolve the dispute. . . . [Full article]

15. ECD: “BIS Working on Export Control Rules for Drones, Crime Control License Requirements”

(Source: Export Compliance Daily, 16 Jun 2026) [Excerpts of subscription site.]

The Bureau of Industry and Security has drafted two final rules that it said could streamline export controls for certain drone exports and its crime control license requirements. Both rules were submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on June 11. No further information about them was available.

16. Expeditors News: “CBP Launches Forced Labor Enforcement Operational Guidance for Importers”

(Source: Expeditors News, 15 Jun 2026) [Excerpts]

In a Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) bulletin published on June 12, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the release of “Forced Labor Enforcement Operational Guidance for Importers” document.

The new guidance provides a “consolidated overview” of 19 U.S.C 1307, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), which are the 3 authorities that CBP uses to prevent goods produced with forced labor enter into the United States.

CBP highly encourages importers to “review this new guidance and conduct due diligence of their suppliers prior to importing goods.” CSMS #68927213 can be found HERE.

CBP’s “Forced Labor Enforcement Operational Guidance for Importers” document can be found HERE.

17. Export Practitioner: “Antitrust Relief for DoD Contractors and Subs”

(Source: The Export Practitioner, June edition, 2026) [Excerpts of paywall publication.]

The White House has invoked a rarely used Defense Production Act authority to let the Pentagon coordinate directly with defense contractors and suppliers on munitions production, citing fragile supply chains, limited capacity and long-lead bottlenecks that could impair U.S. military readiness.

The June 11 presidential determination authorizes voluntary industry agreements under DPA Section 708, creating a supervised antitrust safe harbor for approved efforts to expand missile and munition output. . . . [Full article]

18. ST&R Trade Report: “Section 122 Tariff Remains in Place Following Appeals Court Ruling”

(Source: Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report, 16 Jun 2026) [Excerpts]. Contact: [email protected], 1-305-894-1035

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted the federal government’s motion for a stay pending appeal in the litigation challenging the global 10 percent tariff imposed under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.

The Section 122 tariff took effect Feb. 24, 2026. In a May 7 split decision the Court of International Trade ruled that this tariff is unlawful. The Department of Justice appealed that decision to the CAFC, which has now stayed the effect of the decision during the appellate proceedings.

However, the stay will have little practical impact. The CIT’s decision only enjoined the collection of the Section 122 tariff as to three importers. As a result, this tariff has continued to be collected on entries from all other importers, which will remain the case during the appellate proceedings that are likely to extend past the scheduled expiration of the tariff on July 24. . . .

19. Tech Times: “SpaceX Bars China and Hong Kong Investors From Its Record IPO, Citing US Export Rules”

(Source: Tech Times, 15 Jun 2026) [Excerpts]

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space company, has excluded investors from mainland China and Hong Kong from what is set to be the largest IPO in history — a rare restriction that several analysts read as a sign that the separation between the U.S. and China is spreading from trade into capital markets. . . .

Underwriters were instructed not to accept orders from investors in mainland China and Hong Kong, including private-banking clients, citing regulatory and compliance risks. The move is described as the first known instance of investors from those regions being effectively shut out of a major U.S. IPO.

What ITAR Is, and Why It Forces the Issue. The stated driver is U.S. export control. SpaceX’s rockets and satellites fall under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR — the U.S. rules that govern sensitive defense and aerospace technology and classify items like its Falcon and Starship rockets alongside military hardware.

Because ITAR can impose strict compliance obligations and penalties around who gains access to controlled technology and the companies that build it, the underwriters’ simplest way to manage that risk is to screen orders by jurisdiction and reject those from mainland China and Hong Kong.

Users in those regions trying to reach SpaceX’s website have reportedly been met with an “Error 1009” block. The restriction also fits a broader U.S. push, on national-security grounds, to tighten investment and technology transfer to China across advanced sectors including AI, aerospace, and semiconductors. . . . [Full article]

20. Akin: “New Presidential Executive Order Directing Comprehensive Customs Reform: What Importers and Other U.S. CBP Regulated Parties Need to Know”

(Source: Akin Alerts, 15 Jun 2026) [Excerpts]

On June 3, 2026, President Trump signed an EO entitled “Strengthening Customs Enforcement” and the White House issued a related Fact Sheet. This Order aims to prevent the importation of unlawful and dangerous goods, modify compliance requirements for both domestic and foreign IORs, and enhance enforcement mechanisms for violations of customs laws. . . .

The Order follows other important customs enforcement measures at CBP and the Department of Justice and calls for robust customs enforcement and reform. It calls for both civil and criminal enforcement of the customs laws, tying in with the Trump administration’s prior actions to expand its focus on the intersection between civil and criminal trade law (such as the establishment of the cross-agency DHS and Department of Justice Trade Fraud Task Force). . . .

President Trump also directs that, within 90 days of the Order, all CBP mitigation guidelines shall be modified to establish a minimum penalty floor of no less than 50% of the assessed penalty and a policy of no mitigation for “repeat offenders.”

The Order particularly focuses on restrictions on foreign and U.S. IORs, customs enforcement and penalties, disclosure and certification requirements and streamlined procedures for seized and abandoned property. . . . [Full article]

21. Baker/McKenzie: “US Government Updates 1260H List of Chinese Military Companies”

(Source: Global Sanctions and Export Controls Blog, 16 Jun 2026) [Excerpts]

On June 8, 2026, the US Department of Defense (“DoD”) published an update to its list of “Chinese military companies” (“CMCs”) operating directly or indirectly in the United States (the “1260H List”), pursuant to Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (the “NDAA 2021”). The updated list is available here.

The DoD press release states that this update is part of the US government’s continuing effort to highlight and counter the People’s Republic of China’s (“PRC”) Military-Civil Fusion strategy, which “supports the modernization goals of the People’s Liberation Army (‘PLA’) by ensuring it can acquire advanced technologies and expertise developed by PRC companies, universities, and research programs that appear to be civilian entities.”

Background on the 1260H List. Section 1260H of the NDAA 2021 requires the Secretary of Defense to identify any entity that is “operating directly or indirectly in the United States or any of its territories and possessions, that is a Chinese military company” and to submit an annual report to Congress with a list of such entities (until December 31, 2030). . . . [Full article]

22. ECD: “Chinese Blocking Measures Could Have ‘Chilling Effect’ on Business”

(Source: Export Compliance Daily, 16 Jun 2026) [Excerpts of subscription site]

A rising risk of penalties under China’s anti-foreign sanctions rules, including its blocking measures, could make more companies hesitant about entering the Chinese market, a trade lawyer said this week.

Matt Lapin, a lawyer with Wiley, said the new Chinese rules can be “quite far-ranging,” which could chill certain business with the country. “We certainly see this as having a potentially chilling effect on not just Chinese companies, but also non-Chinese companies operating in the market, who are concerned about these authorities,” Lapin said during the American Bar Association’s sanctions year-in-review event this week.

Beijing in recent months has issued several sets of rules to bolster its ability to respond to foreign sanctions or trade restrictions. Earlier this year it published the first use of its blocking rules, which were aimed at nullifying recent U.S. sanctions on multiple Chinese oil refineries accused of buying Iranian oil.

Lawyers have said companies will likely find it more challenging to carry out export control and sanctions due diligence on Chinese distributors now that Beijing appears to be making more use of those counter-sanctions laws. . . .

23. iBeta: “State Department Moves to Buy Clearview AI Licenses for Colombia Police”

(Source: BiometricUpdate.com, 15 Jun 2026) [Excerpts]

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia is moving to award a firm fixed-price purchase order for Clearview AI “facial recognition investigation software licenses” for Colombian police.

The solicitation is notable because it would place one of the most controversial facial recognition tools in the hands of Colombian government units through a U.S.-funded foreign law enforcement assistance program.

The acquisition also comes as facial recognition systems have become a central flashpoint in the debate over biometric surveillance. Documents frame the purchase as a software license and training package.

But the practical effect would be to extend Clearview’s reach through a U.S. foreign law enforcement assistance channel, adding another example of how biometric search tools are moving across borders through security cooperation programs. . . . [Full article]

24. ST&R Trade Report: “Guidance on Applying Section 232 Tariffs on Cargo Trucks”

(Source: Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report, 16 Jun 2026) [Excerpts]. Contact: [email protected], 1-305-894-1035

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued on May 6 guidance on applying the 25 percent Section 232 tariff imposed by Proclamation 10984 exclusively to the value of the non-U.S. content for approved imports of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that qualify for preferential tariff treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

In October 2025 President Trump issued a proclamation imposing a Section 232 tariff of 25 percent on MHDVs. That proclamation also provided that for MHDVs that qualify for preferential tariff treatment under USMCA, importers may submit documentation identifying the amount of U.S. content in each model imported into the U.S., which will not be subject to the Section 232 tariff. The Department of Commerce subsequently issued a notice setting forth procedures for the submission and review of such documentation.

CBP indicates that subheading 9903.74.03 applies to the non-U.S. content of MHDVs for special tariff treatment under USMCA, upon DOC approval, to apply the 25 percent duty rate exclusively to the value of the non-U.S. content of the MHDV. Subheading 9903.74.06, meanwhile, applies to the U.S. content of MHDVs that received DOC approval.

The non-U.S. content and the U.S. content value of the MHDV must be reported on two lines, as follows. . . . [Full article]

25. Tuttle Law: “Supreme Court Declines Petition to Review Federal Circuit Decision Upholding Section 301 List 3 and 4A Duties”

(Source: Tuttle Law Offices, 15 Jun 2026)

On June 15, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition, led by HTMX Industries, to overturn the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s decision upholding the lists 3 and 4A Section 301 China tariffs imposed by President Trump during his first administration.

The Federal Circuit upheld the tariffs in a ruling handed down in September 2025. The Federal Circuit held that the duties were a valid exercise of authority under Section 307(a)(1)(C) of the Trade Act of 1974. The petitioners had argued that the government abused “Section 307’s modest ‘modification’ power” and will likely continue to abuse the power with future Section 301 tariffs. . . .

26. Volkov: “Detangling Third-Party AI Risks — When Your Vendor’s AI Becomes Your Problem (Part I of II)”

(Source: Volkov Law, 14 Jun 2026) [Excerpts]

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into business operations has created a new and largely uncharted compliance frontier. Companies are scrambling to assess AI risks within their own operations, but many are overlooking an equally important question: what happens when your third parties use AI?

The answer depends on a legal distinction that compliance professionals already know well from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar laws — but that takes on new dimensions in the AI context. The critical question is whether the third party is acting on your behalf or simply providing goods and services to you.

Getting this distinction right is essential. Get it wrong, and your AI risk assessment is built on a faulty foundation.

The Agency Principle — Old Law, New Application

The foundational principle here is not new. Under the FCPA and similar anti-bribery statutes, a company faces criminal liability when a third party — an agent, distributor, or consultant — pays bribes to government officials on the company’s behalf. The third party’s conduct is legally attributed to the principal company because the third party was acting as its agent.

The same agency logic applies to AI. . . . [Full article]

27. ACI Presents: ACI’s “Trade Compliance Tech” July 22-23 in Wash DC

(Source: Shannon Kao, ACI)

28. Global Training Center Presents: “Import & Export Trade Compliance Seminars” August 18-21 in Anaheim, CA

(Source: Global Training Center)

29. Tina Seal Moves to Berkeley Research Group

(Source: Editor)

Tina Seal, formerly with NASA and Smiths Detection, is moving to Berkeley Research Group as Sr. Managing Consultant. Contact Tina at [email protected].

30. List of Export/Import Job Openings

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31. Bartlett’s Unfamiliar Quotations

(Source: Brainy Quotes)

Giovanni Boccaccio (16 Jun 1313 – 21 Dec 1375; was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Boccaccio wrote several notable works, including The Decameron and On Famous Women.)

“Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.”

Geronimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua; 16 Jun 1829 – 17 Feb 1909; was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands to carry out numerous raids.)

“The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.”

Enoch Powell (John Enoch Powell, MBE; 16 Jun 1912 – 8 Feb 1998; was a British politician. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament, was Minister of Health, then Ulster Unionist Party. Before entering politics, Powell was a classical scholar. During the Second World War he reached the rank of brigadier general. He also wrote poetry, and many books on classical and political subjects.)

“History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.”

“I do not keep a diary. Never have. To write a diary every day is like returning to one’s own vomit.”

Eileen Atkins (Dame Eileen June Atkins; born 15 June 1934; is an English actress. She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953. In 2008, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Cranford.)

“Wheels come off? Get on with it. Cope. Survive.”

“Losing friends is the worst thing about getting older.”

32. Today in History

(Source: History Channel)

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34. Are Your Copies of Export/Import Regulations Current?

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