Zimbabwe Bolsters Trump Connections
Thu, Apr. 18, 2019
By Kevin McCauley
Zimbabwe hires a second Trump-connected firm, Avenue Global Strategies, to a $1.1M one-year contract to foster better relations with the US.
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Zimbabwe hires a second Trump-connected firm, Avenue Global Strategies, to a $1.1M one-year contract to foster better relations with the US.
Ruder Finn has picked up the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to promote its “Startup Express 2019” and “Entrepreneur Day” initiatives.
Cambodia has given a $500K one-year contract to PacRim Bridges, which is fronted by two Washington state politicos, to improve its relations with the US.
Hill+Knowlton Strategies is building awareness of the "tremendous economic opportunities" available in the former Soviet republic of Georgia under an agreement worth $750K in fees.
BGR Government Affairs has signed a $360,000 pact with The Hong Kong Trade Development Council to advocate China’s trade interests as officials in the U.S. and China continue working out a deal to end the countries’ ongoing trade dispute.
Qorvis has a draft agreement to provide PR support for the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center, which is based in Riyadh. (1 reader comment)
Richard Smotkin, the lobbyist whose work for former EPA chief Scott Pruitt made headlines last year, has signed a pact with the Republic of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Culture and Sports.
Qorvis Communications has signed a one-year $810K contract to represent the Saudi Arabia-based Muslim World League and its push to clarify the true message of Islam. (4 reader comments)
Afghanistan’s embassy in Washington, D.C. has retained Hogan Lovells to strengthen bilateral relations between Afghanistan and the United States.
Abernathy MacGregor goes to work for Spain as the country works to bolster its global image and counter 'fake news.'
BGR Government Affairs has inked a contract to serve as the Washington D.C. liaison for Hong Kong-based nonprofit China-United States Exchange Foundation.
Zimbabwe, which is reeling from economic sanctions imposed by the US and its allies, has turned to Ballard Partners for strategic consulting and DC advocacy work.
War-torn Yemen has turned to Qorvis Communications, which is Saudi Arabia's "go-to firm," for support in Washington as Congress moves to limit American involvement in the conflict. (2 reader comments)
Saudi Arabia has hired O’Keeffe Global Advisors for DC support in the areas of global politics, national security, trade, tourism and investment. (3 reader comments)
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has signed a pact with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer for strategic counsel and U.S. relations work in light of Venezuela's ongoing presidential crisis. (2 reader comments)
Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough will provide advisory services for Korea’s Washington D.C. Embassy in a bid to strengthen bilateral U.S./Korean relations. (1 reader comment)
Mercury Public Affairs scored a major victory Jan. 16 as Republicans in the Senate blocked a bid to restore sanctions on aluminum and energy companies controlled by Oleg Deripaska, Russian oligarch and confidant to strongman Vladimir Putin. (2 reader comments)
ZTE Corp, the Chinese telecom that President Trump in April sanctioned for selling American technology to Iran and North Korea, has hired his law firm Kasowitz Benson Torres, for legal matters. (2 reader comments)
GovTech Singapore, the government agency responsible for developing Singapore’s public digital services, has signed a pact with Burson Cohn & Wolfe for PR support.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote letters to the heads of 23 PR/lobbying firms, including Hill+Knowlton Strategies, MSLGroup, FleishmanHillard, Glover Park Group, Gladstone Place Partners, to determine the extent of their current and past business with Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the Oct. 2 torture, murder and dismemberment of dissident and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. (10 reader comments)
Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing has signed a pact with Edelman to promote the UAE’s largest city as a tourism and investment destination among U.S. travelers. (2 reader comments)
Barnes & Thornburg has picked up government relations work for Hungary's Washington embassy, primarily in the areas of religious freedom and immigration.
Argentina has hired Edelman to handle global media for the G20 Summit slated for Buenos Aires on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
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