Report: Chinese Military Companies Spent $24 Million Lobbying U.S. Government

“Chinese military corporations cast a wide net across the American government, lobbying the House, Senate and various parts of the executive branch, including the office of the president, often setting their sights on proposed policies that would impact their U.S. operations,” the report from theThe definition of a “Chinese military company” was established by the U.S.

File/The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China corporate flags and the Chinese national flag fly outside the headquarters in Shanghai, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. The Trump administrations addition of Comac to a Defense Department list of companies with Chinese military ties comes after a breakthrough in the state-backed jet manufacturers effort to win customers when an Indonesian airline agreed to buy its planes.

DCNF noted that some big D.C. lobbying firms canceled their contracts with Chinese companies in February amid rumors of a congressional blacklist against lobbyists who worked for Chinese military companies. Some Republican lawmakers had reportedly started to boycott lobbyists who worked for Chinese military companies on their own initiative, and some lobbyists had been informally put on notice that they could find themselves frozen out of Capitol Hill if they did not drop their Chinese clients. The boycott threat never went public, but it evidently had an effect – which is remarkable considering how powerful the top lobbying firms are.

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