Africa sanctions hearing triggers lobbying push Former ambassador to Portugal lobbies for Kazakhstan Honduras renews with Gus West through 2021 LEVICK discloses $1.12 million in Venezuela work Haiti lobby shoots down call for special envoy China Daily pays US media $3 million to distribute content Ukraine lobby presses Congress to[Read More…]
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Africa sanctions hearing triggers lobbying push
A Tuesday House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on the impact of US sanctions in Africa triggered a lobbying push by actors on both sides of the debate. Mercury Public Affairs, which represents the government of Zimbabwe, shared a 2020 think tank piece with the Africa subcommittee on the humanitarian cost[Read More…]
China’s Xinhua resisted US push to label it a foreign agent for 10 years; Ethiopian diaspora group warns Biden against Tigrayan lobbying; law firm discloses $1.4 million in legal work for Germany in Nazi art theft case
China’s Xinhua news agency resisted foreign agent registration for 10 years Ethiopian diaspora group warns Biden against Tigrayan lobbying Wiggin and Dana registers $1.4 million in legal work for Germany in Nazi art theft case Libya lobby clarifies special envoy role Revealed: Xinhua resisted US requests to register as Chinese[Read More…]
Losing candidate lobbies for sanctions against Guinea’s President Conde
The losing candidate in last fall’s presidential elections in the West African nation of Guinea has hired a retired US colonel to lobby for US sanctions against President Alpha Conde for allegedly rigging the vote. Ambessa Solutions of Virginia has been hired by the “Guinea Diaspora Community” in the United[Read More…]
Qatar hires US firm for support carving out its own airspace from Bahrain’s
Qatar has hired a Virginia aviation consultancy for technical help and coalition building as it presses its bid for its own airspace following a years-long embargo by its Gulf neighbors. Essa Abdulla al-Malki, the permanent representative at the Qatar’s mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, has[Read More…]
Kazakh civil society lobbies for anti-corruption sanctions
A loose coalition of Kazakh civil society groups has hired a former congressional aide to lobby Congress and the Joe Biden administration for sanctions against corrupt actors in the central Asian country. The Coalition of Civil Society of Kazakhstan — also known as Dongelek Ystel — has retained Alexander Beckles, a former legislative director to former Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), to[Read More…]
Turkey’s Gulenists pick up 15-member lobbying team; Haiti businessman hires lobbyist as he eyes presidential run; Quebec utility hires lobbying firm in fight with New England environmentalists
Turkey’s Gulenists pick up 15-member lobbying team for human rights push Haiti businessman hires lobbyist as he eyes presidential run Quebec hydropower utility hires its first lobbying firm in fight with New England environmentalists Mercury pulls Washington lobbyist off Uganda account amid protests Sinn Fein leader briefs Rep. Boyle Feds[Read More…]
Turkey’s Gulenists pick up 15-member lobbying team for human rights push
Turkey’s Gulenist movement has picked up a bipartisan lobbying firm to take full advantage of Washington’s exasperation with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s government. The National Council on Civil Advocacy, which is close to exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, has hired Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas effective April 1 to lobby on[Read More…]
Meet the former US lawmakers lobbying for China, Inc.
Former lawmakers Ed Royce, David Vitter and Trent Lott were all known for standing up to China during their time in Congress. As a member and later chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Royce (R-Calif.) signed on to several bills singling out the country while insisting in 2007[Read More…]
Chinese oil giant hires NY firm for Biden outreach; Arnold & Porter grows El Salvador team amid US pushback over judges’ removal; report explores Saudis’ $31.5 million lobbying push
China oil giant’s US trading arm hires New York firm for Biden outreach Arnold & Porter adds to El Salvador team amid US pushback over judges’ removal Report explores Saudis’ $31.5 million lobbying push in 2020 Taiwan renews with Daschle Nord Stream 2 lobbyists pocket $1 million in first quarter[Read More…]