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The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office has enlisted Checkmate Government Relations for strategic counsel.
Based in Winston-Salem, Checkmate has strong ties to the Trump administration. Checkmate chief Ches McDowell headed up the North Carolina branch of Sportsmen for Trump and has gone bear hunting with Donald Trump, Jr.
His firm receives a $50K monthy retainer under its six-month contract with TECRO. It reports to Andrea Yi-Shan Yang, TECRO’s deputy rep in DC.
As president Trump prepares to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a group of US Senators has urged him to move ahead on a long-delayed $14B weapons deal for Taiwan.
The arms package, which is stalled in the State Dept., requires Trump to formally submit it to Congress for a vote.
Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah called the weapons package a response to fill the "credibility gaps that Taiwan needs to deter and, if necessary to defeat China."
Chartwell Strategy Group is providing government relations and strategic communications services to Colombia to strengthen its relations with the US.
London Global Strategies is providing government relations and PR counsel to the economic development arm of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.
Havas Media Germany has hired Piro Inc. to further the digital push of the Israel Government Advertising Agency to sway US public opinion.
Hogan Lovells has signed a $100K monthly pact to represent Venezuela’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, and its Washington embassy.
Liberia has agreed to pay a $100K monthly retainer to Ballard Partners for counsel on how to improve its relations with the US.
