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Nvidia has hired BGR Government Affairs for strategic counsel regarding international trade in the semiconductor and artificial intelligence.
Nvidia CEO Jason Huang ironed out a deal with the Trump administration that gives the US a 15 percent cut of the company’s chip sales to China.
The Financial Times reported Aug. 21 that the deal is under pressure as Chinese regulators are dissuading domestic tech companies from buying Nvidia’s H20 chip following “insulting” remarks Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made on CNBC.
“We don’t sell them our best stuff, not our second-best stuff, not even our third-best,” he said on July 15. “You want to sell the Chinese enough that their developers get addicted to the American technology stack, that’s the thinking,”
BGR is the firm of Haley Barbour, former Republican National Committee chair and Mississippi governor.
President Erskine Wells, one-time aide to Mississippi Congressman and Senator Roger Wicker, heads the BGR team that includes Dan Greenwood, defense & critical technologies practice head; and Justin Rzepka, commerce & infrastructure head.
BGR joins Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and the Vogel Group on Nvidia’s lobbying payroll.
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.
