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Vietnam has hired Crowell Global Advisors for consulting services related to international trade and investment policy.
President Trump has targeted the Socialist Republic for a 46 percent tariff on its imports to the US.
Reuters reports that the US has sent a “long” list of “tough” demands on Vietnam, if it wants tariff relief. That list includes demands that Vietnam slash its reliance on China as a supplier of industrial goods.
Crowell receives a $15K monthly fee for its work, according to the May 5 contract signed by Joseph Damond, CGA, chair, international trade policy & global life sciences
CGA is the PA, government relations and public policy consulting affiliate of Crowell & Moring LLP.
Vietnam also has hired the Trump-connected Tactic Global, which is headed by Barry Bennett.
Active in Conservative politics, Bennett managed Ben Carson’s presidential campaign, and then became a senior advisor to Trump’s 2016 election effort.
Tactic, which will arrange meetings for the Vietnamese with key members of the Trump team, is in line for a $5K monthly fee.
It has Republican fundraisers Ryan Coyne and Caroline Wren handling the effort.
London Global Strategies is providing government relations and PR counsel to the economic development arm of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.
Havas Media Germany has hired Piro Inc. to further the digital push of the Israel Government Advertising Agency to sway US public opinion.
Hogan Lovells has signed a $100K monthly pact to represent Venezuela’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, and its Washington embassy.
Liberia has agreed to pay a $100K monthly retainer to Ballard Partners for counsel on how to improve its relations with the US.
Romania has signed a $565K monthly contract with Eversheds Sutherland for strategic counsel and government relations activities.
