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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.
Moran Global Strategies has signed a six-month $240K agreement with Uganda to enhance its political and economic ties with the US.
APCO has signed on to provide strategic communications, media relations and stakeholder engagement to promote the culture of Uzbekistan.
Corcoran Partners has agreed to perform a “turnkey political communication, public relations, and strategic advisory campaign” on behalf of Abdullah Al-Lafi, Deputy President of the Libyan Presidential Council.
BGR Government Affairs is providing lobbying and PR services in the US for the Korea Nuclear Association for International Cooperation.
Florida’s Sniper Advertising Services has an oral agreement to provide digital and social media services for Israel.
