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Ontario’s Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs has retained Capitol Counsel to support its engagement and advocacy interests related to the USMCA free trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico.
On July 1, president Trump declined to extend the USMCA “in its current form” for another 16-year term. Canada and Mexico agreed to extend the treaty.
That US rejection triggers an annual review process, while the treaty remains in effect.
Capitol Counsel’s Aug. 1 Ontario agreement calls for a focus on trade, tariffs, energy, critical materials and the automotive sector.
The firm will review Ontario’s messaging and provide recommendations to make it more appealing to US audiences. It also will conduct on-ground support for premier Doug Ford and his ministers in advance for engagements with American legislators and decision-makers.
Capitol Counsel has seven partners working on the one-year contract valued in the $950K range.
That includes Robert Diamond, who was director of private sector engagement at the Obama White House; and George Sifakis, director of public liaison for president Trump.
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.
