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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.
Florida’s Corvus Strategic Partners has signed to represent the interests of Colombia regarding its relations with the US.
Gunster Strategies Worldwide is representing the interests of the Chagossian Government in Exile, which opposes the planned UK transfer of the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, which hosts the joint UK/US military base, to Mauritius.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has inked a six-month agreement with NATO-member Iceland to provide strategic advice on how to navigate engagements with the US government.
BGR Government Affairs has a $1M contract to provide strategic guidance and PR representation to the Republic of Guinea.
The Japan External Trade Organization has hired DB3, the legacy firm of Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Howard Baker, for a comprehensive report assessing the "current state of play" in DC.
