Foreign Lobby Report

11/09/2021

"Some personal news": I'm elated to say that I've joined Jeune Afrique's The Africa Report as their Washington/UN correspondent but sad to have to close Foreign Lobby Report.

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09/28/2021

The latest from Foreign Lobby Report: New wrinkles in the submarine affair, with former US Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter expanding his US lobbying activities after working behind the scenes for PM Scott Morrison (ScoMo) for months.
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/09/27/australia-ethiopia-us-chamber-in-south-china-taps-bgr-for-help/

09/20/2021

New in today's lobbying roundup:
_ politician Moise Katumbi adds DCI to lobbying line-up;
_ Sonoran renews engagement with right-wing politician Zury Rios;
_ FleishmanHillard tapped to promote as "business and investment" destination;
_ Chinese solar company Jinko Solar adds Washington law firm amid Uyghur backlash;
_ K&L Gates lobbies for US investment in ports;
_ Former North Dakota state senator lobbies for green battery company;
and much more

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09/17/2021

opposition launches US lobbying campaign against President Weah

Critics of Liberian President George Weah have launched a $180,000 lobbying and public relations campaign to court US support for the opposition. The Liberia Renaissance Office Inc. (LIROI), Foreign Lobby Report provides comprehensive coverage of the latest foreign lobbying news—who’s hired whom...

09/08/2021

NEW: Saudi sovereign wealth fund hires New York’s Teneo for $2.7 million

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09/06/2021

SCOOP: Ex-Rep. Bob Livingston, Lanny Davis team up to lobby for ’s Haftar ahead of elections

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09/03/2021

NEW: hires US lobby shop Mercury Public Affairs amid US pressure over

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09/03/2021

NEW: Ex-Libyan interior minister turned presidential hopeful Fathi Bashagha has hired the BGR Group for $50,000-per-month for elections lobbying

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08/11/2021

New lobbying contracts for July:
_ $1.7 million last stand by gas industry vs. 's pipeline;
_ Ex-CIA station chief in Islamabad lobbies for ;
_ South Koreans seek US green light to restart business ties with Pyongyang

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08/06/2021

Diaspora friends of 's moderate Islamist party hire
BCW Global to lobby against "coup." But Ennahdha itself flatly denies any role in the $30,000 contract.

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07/28/2021

Lots of new foreign lobbying developments:
_ energy lobby hires law firm for $1.26 million amid Russia pipeline showdown;
_ loses its last lobbyist;
_ Ex-congressman lobbies for jailed Saudi royals
and much more !
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/28/ukraine-energy-lobby-hires-law-firm-for-1-26-million-amid-russia-pipeline-showdown-algeria-loses-its-last-lobbyist-ex-congressman-lobbies-for-jailed-saudi-royals

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07/26/2021

Tons of foreign lobbying news this past week:
_ New campaign looks to suspend trade benefits;
_ opposition candidate attacks newly re-elected president's reputation in Washington;
_ Ex-congressman lobbies to restart economic cooperation between Seoul and Pyongyang;
_ lobbying collapses amid lack of progress on political settlement;
_ lobby targets Wisconsin politicians;
and much more

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07/22/2021

NEW: South Koreans tap former congressman to lobby for US sign-off on economic cooperation with Pyongyang
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/22/south-koreans-tap-former-congressman-to-lobby-for-us-sign-off-on-economic-cooperation-with-pyongyang/

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07/21/2021

New in lobbying:
_ Assange lawyer registers public advocacy work under ;
_ gains a new lobbyist;
_ Former US lawmakers face off in Canadian rail fight
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/21/pakistan-grows-lobbying-presence-assange-lawyer-registers-as-foreign-agent-us-ex-lawmakers-face-off-in-canadian-rail-merger-fight/

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07/19/2021

NEW: Former House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce now lobbying for millionaire politician Moise Katumbi for $20,000/month. Royce met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Senator Chris C***s last week on Katumbi's behalf.
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/19/ex-rep-royce-lobbies-blinken-coons-for-dr-congo-politician-haiti-hires-lobbyist-for-congressional-visit-brownstein-drops-libyan-presidential-candidate/

07/19/2021

New in lobbying: hired lobby shop to arrange congressional visit right before president’s assassination
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/19/ex-rep-royce-lobbies-blinken-coons-for-dr-congo-politician-haiti-hires-lobbyist-for-congressional-visit-brownstein-drops-libyan-presidential-candidate/

07/19/2021

New in lobbying this morning: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
& former Rep. Ed Royce have dropped a 7-month, $350,000 contract with former interior minister / presidential hopeful
Fathi Bashagha after just 10 days.
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/19/ex-rep-royce-lobbies-blinken-coons-for-dr-congo-politician-haiti-hires-lobbyist-for-congressional-visit-brownstein-drops-libyan-presidential-candidate/

07/17/2021

SCOOP: Imprisoned Saudi royals launch US lobbying campaign for their release

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07/16/2021

SCOOP: 's imprisoned royals have landed a Washington lobby shop. The plan is to get US and European lawmakers to join hands at a September gathering in Europe to demand their release.

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07/15/2021

NEW: As visits White House, doubles down in fight against 's gas pipeline to with $420,000 PR hire
With insights from Igor Novikov and U.S. Helsinki Commission's Paul Massaro
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/14/ukraine-gas-lobby-hires-pr-help-to-press-biden-on-russian-pipeline-to-europe/

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07/13/2021

digital news platform dominates June influence spending.
Other new lobbying/PR contracts include:
_ arms sales;
_ rebuilding decimated lobbying team;
_ DR Congo's Moise Katumbi restarting influence ops ahead of 2023 election
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/13/saudi-digital-news-platform-dominates-june-influence-spending/

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07/13/2021

NEW: Israeli-Canadian lobbyist Ari Ben-Menashe drops $2 million junta account after US & Canada won't approve sanctions waivers that would allow him to get paid

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07/12/2021

With Huawei picking up former Rep. Lee Terry, 12 former US members of Congress are now lobbying for .
Check out the complete list here:
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/05/17/meet-the-former-us-lawmakers-lobbying-for-china-inc/

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07/12/2021

The Embassy of Turkey, Washington D.C. continues to rebuild its decimated lobbying force, directly hiring longtime subcontractor
Lydia Borland for $545,000. The fees cover any consultants and subcontractors she may hire.
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/12/url-https-www-foreignlobby-com-category-latest-filings-07-12-21-haiti-libya-jordan-turkey-peru/

07/12/2021

A free-market group in has hired a Washington business lobbyist to advocate for a “review of Peruvian presidential elections” that saw union leader PedroCastillo 2021 of the left-wing Free Peru party come out ahead
https://foreignlobby.com/2021/07/12/url-https-www-foreignlobby-com-category-latest-filings-07-12-21-haiti-libya-jordan-turkey-peru/

07/12/2021

New in lobbying: The family of accused coup plotter Bassem Awadallah, sentenced today to 15 years in prison, has hired former AG John Ashcroft's law firm to provide "legal representation and advocacy” on his behalf
https://foreignlobby.com/2021/07/12/url-https-www-foreignlobby-com-category-latest-filings-07-12-21-haiti-libya-jordan-turkey-peru/

07/02/2021

New in lobbying:
_ Mercury lobbies for pro- group;
_ Israeli spyware company hires more help amid hacking allegations
_ HSBC hires Cornerstone amid pivot to
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/07/02/mercury-lobbies-for-pro-ethiopia-group-israeli-spyware-company-hires-more-help-amid-hacking-allegations-hsbc-hires-cornerstone-amid-pivot-to-china

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07/02/2021

NEW: Mercury Public Affairs has registered to lobby for the The American-Ethiopia Public Affairs Committee-AEPAC, an diaspora group endorsed by Addis Ababa. Mercury also lobbies for , and in Africa.

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06/30/2021

Today in lobbying:
_ opposition hires top lobbying firm in fight against nuclear deal;
_ Former Trump liaison lobbies on - trade bill;
_ separatist Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Official’s arrest sparks lobbying emergency;
_ Nord Stream 2 partner launches in-house lobbying arm;
_ ’s Iberdrola lobbies on wind farm off Martha’s Vinyard;
_ Aramco Americas CEO registers as Saudi foreign agent;
_ looks to fund Houston cancer center facility in ;
_ Tom Lantos panel taps foreign agent for hearing on protests
https://www.foreignlobby.com/2021/06/30/iran-opposition-hires-top-lobbying-firm-in-fight-against-nuclear-deal-ex-trump-liaison-lobbies-on-pakistan-bill/

Iran opposition hires top lobbying firm BGR in fight against nuclear deal Former Trump liaison lobbies on Afghanistan-Pakistan trade bill Nigerian separatist’s arrest sparks lobbying emergency Nord Stream 2 partner launches in-house lobbying arm Spain’s Iberdrola lobbies on wind farm off Martha....

06/30/2021

NEW: opposition hires top lobbying firm BGR in fight against nuclear deal

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