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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.
US lawmakers fear that CRRC, which has lucrative contracts to make subway cars for transit systems in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston, poses a security threat to America’s infrastructure.
Crossroads handles issues for CRRC, a Chinese state-owned entity supervised by Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, regarding funding for capital grant programs and transportation.
The firm’s consulting agreement calls for a $15K monthly retainer through May 1, 2020.
Crossroads senior partner Wally Burnett (aide to Republican Senators Ted Stevens and Richard Shelby as staff director of the Transportation & Related-Agencies subcommittee) and consultant John Cline (one-time director of Congressional Affairs at the Dept. of Transportation and COO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) handle the China Railway & Rolling Stock Work.
The London office of Burson Group has retained Finn Partners’ New York office to strengthen the visibility of Ras Al Khaimah, which is one of the United Arab Emirates.
Hogan Lovells has expanded its relationship with Ukraine to reflect the implementation of the 50/50 US-Ukrainian partnership to develop its critical minerals.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has agreed to provide government relations and PA services to the Kingdom of Morocco.
The Washington Media Group is providing strategic communications support for Qatar's Education City, home of satellite facilities of Weill Cornell Medicine, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown and others.
DCI Group has signed a $250K monthly retainer contract to provide communications and government affairs services for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
