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Solvay North America, which is part of the Brussels-based specialty chemicals giant, has retained DGA Group for work connected to tariffs.
DGA partner Justin McCarthy, a veteran of the George W. Bush administration, spearheads the effort.
He worked as assistant US Trade representative for Congressional Affairs, and special assistant to the president for legislative affairs.
In the Trade Rep’s Office, McCarthy handled free trade pacts with Colombia, Korea, Oman and Panama, and permanent normal trade relations status with Ukraine and Vietnam.
Before joining the White House, he served as Pfizer’s director of government relations.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
