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Forward Global has signed a $50K a month contract with Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US.
The six-month contract covers strategic communications & PA counsel, outreach to international print & broadcast journalists, real-time media & social monitoring and government relations advice.
Forward Global partner Michael Rubino leads the three-person Taiwan team.
The firm reports to TECRO’s deputy chief of mission Andrea Yang.
TECRO recently signed Trump-connected Ballard Partners to a six-month contract with a $60K monthly retainer.
It has used Democratic firm Gephardt Government Affairs as its DC rep since 2013.


TSG Advocates has inked a $240K one-year pact to provide PA and government relations services to the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency.
KARV is providing strategic communications to the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council to promote US economic ties with the central Asian country.
Bethesda-based Tricuro has signed on South Korea for strategic communications support, messaging development, and media outreach related to US-Korea economic relations.
Ballard Partners has signed on to represent Turkiye’s Ministry of National Defense on matters regarding security issues related to the U.S.
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, which has been hit hard by the US/Iran war, has retained Continental Strategy to promote its interests among US policymakers, business leaders and key decision-makers.



