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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.
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Squire Patton Boggs has signed on to provide lobbying services to embattled Yemen.
GlobalPoint International has signed on to position Sudan’s Democratic Civilian Forces group as the best option to restore stability and prosperity in the war-torn country.
A Qorvis unit is providing strategic communications and related services to the embattled Republic of Yemen under a $550K five-month pact.
Donald Trump political ally Roger Stone has signed on to provide public affairs counsel to the Government of Haiti.
