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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.
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company banned by Defense Secretary Hegseth, has hired Ballard Partners for DC representation.
The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development enrolls Venable for government relations services.
Coinbase has hired Checkmate Government Relations, which has close ties to the Trump administration, to handle matters related to digital assets as the Senate works on the Clarity Act.
Peter Thiel-backed Palantir Technologies has added Democratic firm Ferox Strategies to its DC lobbying line-up to handle data analytics and technology issues.
Former congressmen Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Jeff Denham (R-CA) have signed on to handle the “new” TikTok on issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled platforms.
