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Manchester Trade is working to promote US investment in the minerals-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been battling an ebola outbreak.
The DC-based firm, which does not yet have a written agreement with the DRC, is working with the country’s Agency for the Steering, Coordination and Monitoring of Agreements.
That’s the supervisory body response for oversight of DRC pacts with partners.
The Trump Administration helped broker the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity, which is designed to end the conflict between Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
Manchester Trade president Stephen Lande oversees the DRC work. He is a ten-year veteran of the US Trade Rep Office, a stint that including overseeing pacts with developing countries.
KARV is providing strategic communications to the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council to promote US economic ties with the central Asian country.
Bethesda-based Tricuro has signed on South Korea for strategic communications support, messaging development, and media outreach related to US-Korea economic relations.
Ballard Partners has signed on to represent Turkiye’s Ministry of National Defense on matters regarding security issues related to the U.S.
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, which has been hit hard by the US/Iran war, has retained Continental Strategy to promote its interests among US policymakers, business leaders and key decision-makers.
Qorvis has signed a $35K per-month agreement to provide strategic communications to Morocco to further its effort to enhance its relationship with the US.
