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Racepoint Global received $1.2M from Huawei Technologies USA for handling social media work, arranging “virtual cocktails,” doing press outreach and producing videos during the six-month period ended Sept. 30, according to its Justice Dept. filing.
That fell a bit short of the $1.4M that the Boston-based firm collected for the March 31-ended period from the US affiliate of the Chinese smartphone maker that has been sanctioned by the US government.
The Trump administration cut off Huawei’s access to the American-made advanced technology chips that it needs to build telecommunications networks because it views the company as a security threat. Huawei rejects that charge.
Huawei reported Oct. 23 that nine-month sales grew 10 percent to $101B compared to a 24 percent jump for the 2019 period.
“As the world grapples with COVID-19, the global supply chain was put under intense pressure and its production and operations saw increasing difficulties,” said Huawei in a statement.
CNN reported the US sanctions make it harder for Huawei to compete with Apple and Samsung in the high-end smartphone market.
Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei consumer business group, said on Oct. 22 that his unit is "suffering" from the latest round of American sanctions.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
