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Daimler Truck North American Dealer Council has hired Crossroads Strategies for representation on tariff issues.
President Trump announced Oct. 7 that he will slap a 25 percent tariff on imports of medium and heavy-duty trucks on Nov. 1.
Daimler’s key US brands include Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Busses.
The German company has manufacturing operations in North Carolina and Oklahoma but also imports trucks from Mexico.
Crossroads CEO Mat Lapinski and chairman John Green head the Daimler team that includes former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and Scott Brenner, who handles transportation issues.
Public Policy Holding Company owns Crossroads.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
