Hong Kong-based Far East Lines Limited ocean shipping company signed up Prime Policy Group for a 40-day US lobbying blitz.
PPG CEO Scott Pastrick and chairman Charlie Black inked the consulting agreement that aims to promote greater trade between the US and the Far East.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership proposal covering a dozen Pacific nations would dramatically bolster trade in the region.
FELL, which is a privately held Korean company, has routes heavily skewed between Asian and European ports.
Prime Policy Group provided communications/political consulting services to boost trade, commerce and security cooperation between Korean and the US.
It also arranged meetings for 11 members of Korea's National Assembly with Members of Congress and the executive branch.
Korea did not sign the original TPP agreement in 2006, but has expressed an interest in joining the group.
WPP is Prime Policy Group's parent company.
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