The presidential candidate for the Dominican Republic’s ruling party has retained Washington law firm Steptoe and Johnson to help schedule meetings and “build relationships” with key audiences. The pro-bono agreement was reached on June 1 with Dominican Liberation Party candidate Gonzalo Castillo, according to a new lobbying filing with the[Read More…]
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Ousted Lott led losing fight against Saudi lawsuit bill
A senior lobbyist and former Senate leader who left one of Washington’s biggest influence firms this week had helped lead the unsuccessful fight to prevent one of Saudi Arabia’s biggest policy reversals. Squire Patton Boggs ended ties with former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, on Monday. Lott[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Monday, June 8
Welcome to Foreign Lobby Report’s end-of-the-day roundup, where you’ll find all our latest stories plus links to related Washington news. TOP STORY Inside the UK’s $7.5 million legal battle plan for a US free trade deal When US-UK trade talks kicked off last month, Politico described them as a David versus Goliath[Read More…]
Inside the UK’s $7.5 million legal battle plan for a US free trade deal
When US-UK trade talks kicked off last month, Politico described them as a David versus Goliath battle pitching the $2.9 trillion British economy represented by relative neophyte Liz Truss against a US giant almost eight times its size with veteran trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer at the helm. But the British[Read More…]
Qatar parts ways with lobbyist who worked on NASA outreach
Qatar has parted ways with a longtime lobbyist who helped the Gulf nation build ties to NASA even as the space programs of its regional rivals are poised to reach new heights. The Gallagher Group stopped lobbying for the Qatari Embassy in Washington effective March 27, according to a new[Read More…]
New foreign lobbying contracts top $7 million in May
Foreign countries and individuals disclosed lobbying contracts worth more than $7 million last month, according to a Foreign Lobby Report analysis of documents filed with the US Justice Department during the month of May. Topping the list is Paris-based Pakistani businessman Hashim Mughal, who hired Sonoran Policy Group on May[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Friday, June 5
Welcome to Foreign Lobby Report’s end-of-the-day roundup, where you’ll find all our latest stories plus links to related Washington news. TOP STORY Ex-US ambassador lobbies UK to decolonize Diego Garcia A new US lobbying filing reveals fresh details about the growing international pressure campaign on the United Kingdom to abandon its control[Read More…]
Mercury pulls five lobbyists off foreign accounts
Mercury Public Affairs has pulled five of its lobbyists off foreign accounts, including a former top aide to a US senator just two days before he started representing the government of Haiti. The terminations are disclosed in a new lobbying filing that was signed by Mercury counsel Leonardo Dosoretz on[Read More…]
Ex-US ambassador lobbies UK to decolonize Diego Garcia
A new US lobbying filing reveals fresh details about the growing international pressure campaign on the United Kingdom to abandon its control over an Indian Ocean archipelago that is home to a secretive US Navy base. The east African nation of Mauritius hired former US ambassador to Germany Richard Burt[Read More…]
Daily Digest for Thursday, June 4
Welcome to Foreign Lobby Report’s end-of-the-day roundup, where you’ll find all our latest stories plus links to related Washington news. TOP STORY Revealed: China media arm spent more than $10 million on US newspaper advertorials The Chinese government has spent more than $10 million to get its point of view[Read More…]