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Sanitas International has a $750K one-year contract to promote foreign direct investment in South Sudan, a nation that is trying to rebound from a five-year civil war that killed 400K people and displaced millions.
The United Arab Emirates has enlisted Glover Park Group research into American public attitudes as it rethinks its close ties with the Trump administration. (1 reader comment)
Ex-New York Republican Congressman Tom Reynolds represents Pakistan as the country seeks to improve its political and economic relationships with the US.
Ballard Partners, which has close ties with Team Trump, guides and counsels Qatar on fighting human trafficking as State Dept. determines Arab state continues to fall short of the mark. (1 reader comment)
Crossroads Strategies represents China’s CRRC North America, the unit of the world’s largest maker of railroad cars, as it seeks to fend off moves to ban it from US contracts. (1 reader comment_
A lobbying firm that said it planned to seek U.S. support for opposition leader Henri Falcón’s forthcoming run as a Venezuelan presidential candidate has since amended its filing with the Justice Department, after the politician denied that he plans to run for president.
Teneo Strategies hauls in $2.1M six-month pact to promote Neom, the $500B mega-city that is a pet project of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Gladstone Place Partners resigned the account in October 2018 to protest the murder and dismemberment of Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. (1 reader comment)
Squire Patton Boggs works to bolster Angola's financial system and image in the US under an agreement carrying a $4.1M annual retainer.
BCW has inked an $84K monthly contract to represent the government of Ras Al Khaimah, which is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates.
The Libyan National Army rebel group, which is headed by 75-year-old US citizen Khalifa Haftar, has hired Linden Government Solutions to a $2.1M contract for strategic consulting services and PR services.
Rasky Partners has signed a six-month contract to provide PR services and support to Azerbaijan, which is under fire for harassment of its LGBT+ community.
Prime Policy Group is doing pro-bono work for Libya’s Government of National Accord, which is under assault by a rebel group.
Cote d’Ivoire has hired the Trump-connected Avenue Strategies Global for support ahead of the 2019 African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum slated in August.
Mercury Public Affairs has inked a $1.8M one-year contract with Libya’s Government of National Accord, which is under assault by a rebel group fronted by 75-year-old warlord Khalifa Haftar, a US citizen and friend of Donald Trump.
South Sudan has hired Gainful Solutions to a two-year $3.7M contract to open channels of communications between presidents Donald Trump and Salva Kiir and to encourage American investment in the country’s energy sector.
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)
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