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In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
As reported by the Middle East Eye, Abu Dhabi is using its unprecedented access to the White House to denounce the plan as unworkable and blame Cairo for giving too much influence to Hamas. Emirates' powerful ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, has been lobbying US President Donald Trump\u2019s aides and congressmen to place pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is secretly lobbying the Trump government to undermine a post-war agenda for the Gaza Strip that Egypt prepared and which has been supported by the Arab League, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by the Middle East Eye, Abu Dhabi is using its unprecedented access to the White House to denounce the plan as unworkable and blame Cairo for giving too much influence to Hamas. Emirates' powerful ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, has been lobbying US President Donald Trump\u2019s aides and congressmen to place pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
This development could draw increased US investment into the $6 billion Lobito corridor project, which connects Angola\u2019s largest port with the copper mines in Zambia and eventually to Congo-K. Advocates of this initiative feared that the new US administration might hesitate to support Lobito, given its association with ex-President Joe Biden\u2019s Africa strategy. Until now, the pathway for US companies to leverage Lobito for greater access to Congo-K\u2019s essential minerals remained uncertain.<\/p>\n","post_title":"DR Congo's lobbying efforts to gain US support in fight against M23","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dr-congos-lobbying-efforts-to-gain-us-support-in-fight-against-m23","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7453","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7447,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_content":"\n The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is secretly lobbying the Trump government to undermine a post-war agenda for the Gaza Strip that Egypt prepared and which has been supported by the Arab League, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by the Middle East Eye, Abu Dhabi is using its unprecedented access to the White House to denounce the plan as unworkable and blame Cairo for giving too much influence to Hamas. Emirates' powerful ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, has been lobbying US President Donald Trump\u2019s aides and congressmen to place pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Tshisekedi referred to the European Union\u2019s cash-for-minerals agreement with Rwanda as \u2018an absolute scandal\u2019 and blamed Brussels for contributing to \u2018complicit in the theft and looting of Congo\u2019. During a February 24 interview with the New York Times, Tshisekedi asserted that the Trump administration has expressed interest in a strategic minerals agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This development could draw increased US investment into the $6 billion Lobito corridor project, which connects Angola\u2019s largest port with the copper mines in Zambia and eventually to Congo-K. Advocates of this initiative feared that the new US administration might hesitate to support Lobito, given its association with ex-President Joe Biden\u2019s Africa strategy. Until now, the pathway for US companies to leverage Lobito for greater access to Congo-K\u2019s essential minerals remained uncertain.<\/p>\n","post_title":"DR Congo's lobbying efforts to gain US support in fight against M23","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dr-congos-lobbying-efforts-to-gain-us-support-in-fight-against-m23","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7453","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7447,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_content":"\n The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is secretly lobbying the Trump government to undermine a post-war agenda for the Gaza Strip that Egypt prepared and which has been supported by the Arab League, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by the Middle East Eye, Abu Dhabi is using its unprecedented access to the White House to denounce the plan as unworkable and blame Cairo for giving too much influence to Hamas. Emirates' powerful ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, has been lobbying US President Donald Trump\u2019s aides and congressmen to place pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The mining of minerals has been a secondary aspect of M23\u2019s incursions into the Kivus. A report from United Nations experts revealed that minerals were being smuggled from areas controlled by M23 into Rwanda for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tshisekedi referred to the European Union\u2019s cash-for-minerals agreement with Rwanda as \u2018an absolute scandal\u2019 and blamed Brussels for contributing to \u2018complicit in the theft and looting of Congo\u2019. During a February 24 interview with the New York Times, Tshisekedi asserted that the Trump administration has expressed interest in a strategic minerals agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This development could draw increased US investment into the $6 billion Lobito corridor project, which connects Angola\u2019s largest port with the copper mines in Zambia and eventually to Congo-K. Advocates of this initiative feared that the new US administration might hesitate to support Lobito, given its association with ex-President Joe Biden\u2019s Africa strategy. Until now, the pathway for US companies to leverage Lobito for greater access to Congo-K\u2019s essential minerals remained uncertain.<\/p>\n","post_title":"DR Congo's lobbying efforts to gain US support in fight against M23","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dr-congos-lobbying-efforts-to-gain-us-support-in-fight-against-m23","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7453","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7447,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_content":"\n The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is secretly lobbying the Trump government to undermine a post-war agenda for the Gaza Strip that Egypt prepared and which has been supported by the Arab League, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by the Middle East Eye, Abu Dhabi is using its unprecedented access to the White House to denounce the plan as unworkable and blame Cairo for giving too much influence to Hamas. Emirates' powerful ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, has been lobbying US President Donald Trump\u2019s aides and congressmen to place pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Furthermore, regarding Ukraine, Trump has explicitly stated \u2013 especially through his insistence that Ukraine sign a deal allowing the US access to a claimed $500 billion in rare earth minerals as a component of a peace agreement to halt Russia\u2019s invasion \u2013 that his approach will be distinctly transactional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mining of minerals has been a secondary aspect of M23\u2019s incursions into the Kivus. A report from United Nations experts revealed that minerals were being smuggled from areas controlled by M23 into Rwanda for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tshisekedi referred to the European Union\u2019s cash-for-minerals agreement with Rwanda as \u2018an absolute scandal\u2019 and blamed Brussels for contributing to \u2018complicit in the theft and looting of Congo\u2019. During a February 24 interview with the New York Times, Tshisekedi asserted that the Trump administration has expressed interest in a strategic minerals agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This development could draw increased US investment into the $6 billion Lobito corridor project, which connects Angola\u2019s largest port with the copper mines in Zambia and eventually to Congo-K. Advocates of this initiative feared that the new US administration might hesitate to support Lobito, given its association with ex-President Joe Biden\u2019s Africa strategy. Until now, the pathway for US companies to leverage Lobito for greater access to Congo-K\u2019s essential minerals remained uncertain.<\/p>\n","post_title":"DR Congo's lobbying efforts to gain US support in fight against M23","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dr-congos-lobbying-efforts-to-gain-us-support-in-fight-against-m23","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7453","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7447,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_content":"\n The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is secretly lobbying the Trump government to undermine a post-war agenda for the Gaza Strip that Egypt prepared and which has been supported by the Arab League, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by the Middle East Eye, Abu Dhabi is using its unprecedented access to the White House to denounce the plan as unworkable and blame Cairo for giving too much influence to Hamas. Emirates' powerful ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, has been lobbying US President Donald Trump\u2019s aides and congressmen to place pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Tshisekedi\u2019s government had expanded its involvement in Washington prior to Donald Trump\u2019s election in November. Last April, state mining firm G\u00e9camines signed a one-year contract worth $925,000 with Mercury, a K Street lobby shop in Washington DC, to boost bargaining with Washington).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, regarding Ukraine, Trump has explicitly stated \u2013 especially through his insistence that Ukraine sign a deal allowing the US access to a claimed $500 billion in rare earth minerals as a component of a peace agreement to halt Russia\u2019s invasion \u2013 that his approach will be distinctly transactional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mining of minerals has been a secondary aspect of M23\u2019s incursions into the Kivus. A report from United Nations experts revealed that minerals were being smuggled from areas controlled by M23 into Rwanda for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tshisekedi referred to the European Union\u2019s cash-for-minerals agreement with Rwanda as \u2018an absolute scandal\u2019 and blamed Brussels for contributing to \u2018complicit in the theft and looting of Congo\u2019. During a February 24 interview with the New York Times, Tshisekedi asserted that the Trump administration has expressed interest in a strategic minerals agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This development could draw increased US investment into the $6 billion Lobito corridor project, which connects Angola\u2019s largest port with the copper mines in Zambia and eventually to Congo-K. Advocates of this initiative feared that the new US administration might hesitate to support Lobito, given its association with ex-President Joe Biden\u2019s Africa strategy. Until now, the pathway for US companies to leverage Lobito for greater access to Congo-K\u2019s essential minerals remained uncertain.<\/p>\n","post_title":"DR Congo's lobbying efforts to gain US support in fight against M23","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dr-congos-lobbying-efforts-to-gain-us-support-in-fight-against-m23","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7453","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7447,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_content":"\n The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is secretly lobbying the Trump government to undermine a post-war agenda for the Gaza Strip that Egypt prepared and which has been supported by the Arab League, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by the Middle East Eye, Abu Dhabi is using its unprecedented access to the White House to denounce the plan as unworkable and blame Cairo for giving too much influence to Hamas. Emirates' powerful ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, has been lobbying US President Donald Trump\u2019s aides and congressmen to place pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
As reported, The contract is held by Aaron Poynton, an American businessman who was assigned by Kinshasa last June to arrange a roundtable discussion for business and political leaders from the US and Congo (Dispatches 19\/6\/24, Kinshasa gets a <\/a>new business Poynt man).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tshisekedi\u2019s government had expanded its involvement in Washington prior to Donald Trump\u2019s election in November. Last April, state mining firm G\u00e9camines signed a one-year contract worth $925,000 with Mercury, a K Street lobby shop in Washington DC, to boost bargaining with Washington).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, regarding Ukraine, Trump has explicitly stated \u2013 especially through his insistence that Ukraine sign a deal allowing the US access to a claimed $500 billion in rare earth minerals as a component of a peace agreement to halt Russia\u2019s invasion \u2013 that his approach will be distinctly transactional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mining of minerals has been a secondary aspect of M23\u2019s incursions into the Kivus. A report from United Nations experts revealed that minerals were being smuggled from areas controlled by M23 into Rwanda for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tshisekedi referred to the European Union\u2019s cash-for-minerals agreement with Rwanda as \u2018an absolute scandal\u2019 and blamed Brussels for contributing to \u2018complicit in the theft and looting of Congo\u2019. During a February 24 interview with the New York Times, Tshisekedi asserted that the Trump administration has expressed interest in a strategic minerals agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This development could draw increased US investment into the $6 billion Lobito corridor project, which connects Angola\u2019s largest port with the copper mines in Zambia and eventually to Congo-K. Advocates of this initiative feared that the new US administration might hesitate to support Lobito, given its association with ex-President Joe Biden\u2019s Africa strategy. Until now, the pathway for US companies to leverage Lobito for greater access to Congo-K\u2019s essential minerals remained uncertain.<\/p>\n","post_title":"DR Congo's lobbying efforts to gain US support in fight against M23","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dr-congos-lobbying-efforts-to-gain-us-support-in-fight-against-m23","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7453","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7447,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_content":"\n The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is secretly lobbying the Trump government to undermine a post-war agenda for the Gaza Strip that Egypt prepared and which has been supported by the Arab League, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by the Middle East Eye, Abu Dhabi is using its unprecedented access to the White House to denounce the plan as unworkable and blame Cairo for giving too much influence to Hamas. Emirates' powerful ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, has been lobbying US President Donald Trump\u2019s aides and congressmen to place pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There have been more than 700 letters received by the trade<\/a> representative\u2019s office in reaction to an invitation for a public statement on \u201cunfair trade practices by other countries.\u201d The responses are posted on a public docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tesla, in its unsigned note to Greer, urged him \u201cto consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d \u201cWhile Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the assessment undertaken by USTR of potential actions to rectify unfair trade should also take into account exports from the United States,\u201d stated the letter, which was written by Tesla\u2019s associate general counsel Miriam Eqab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cU.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to U.S. trade actions.\u201d The company noted that \u201cPast U.S. special tariff actions have thus (1) increased costs to Tesla for vehicles manufactured in the United States, and (2) increased costs for those same vehicles when exported from the United States, resulting in less competitive international marketplace for U.S. manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUSTR should investigate ways to avoid these pitfalls in future action,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n the letter stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SpaceX, in its letter to Greer, stated that it \u201cfaces a range of regulatory complexities and trade barriers in every country that the U.S. Government should seek to address in order to support continued U.S. leadership in the space domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter reported that the business must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum and import duties for its Starlink satellite internet tools, and other costs that \u201csubstantially increase the cost of operating in these countries \u2014 artificially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe import duties paid in a handful of countries represent a significant cost increase for Starlink products in those countries, despite the United States having essentially no duties on similar foreign products that are imported into the United States to serve customers here,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n noted Mat Dunn, SpaceX\u2019s senior director of global business and government affairs, in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs President Trump has noted with other sectors, this is a significant disadvantage to U.S. companies,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dunn noted.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX, lobby US trade policy on tariffs","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"musks-tesla-spacex-lobby-us-trade-policy-on-tariffs","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:37:33","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7444","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7441,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-19 05:29:00","post_content":"\n U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s partnership with the fossil fuel industry is well-noted, from appointing oil executives for cabinet roles to increasing prices for American consumers to support the fossil fuel industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The world's six or seven largest publicly traded and investor-owned oil and gas companies, famously known as Big Oil, spent an astounding $445m throughout the 2024 election cycle to influence Donald Trump and Congress, a shocking analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those funds were used between January 2023 and November 2024 for lobbying<\/a>, political donations and advertising to back elected officials and particular agendas. Due to the fact that it does not include donations channeled through dark-money groups, which do not have to disclose their donors, states the report<\/a> from green advocacy group Climate Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel corporations contributed $96 million to Donald Trump\u2019s re-election bid and associated political action committees, the report uncovered. The majority of that was covered by megadonor oil billionaires, such as the pipeline mogul Kelcy Warren, the fracking magnate Harold Hamm and the drilling tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several other contributions came from little-known oil and gas companies, including fossil fuel-trading hedge funds, mining corporations and the companies that produce offshore drilling vessels and fuel tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Fossil fuel firms and their trade groups spent an additional $243m lobbying Congress. It is likely that those donors will benefit from preferences set by Senate-confirmed Trump cabinet appointees, such as Chris Wright, the fracking CEO who was selected as head of the Department of Energy, and Lee Zeldin, the ex-New York representative who has received more than $400,000 in campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies and who is appointed as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, Big Oil also poured $80m into advertising to defend their interests. That includes advertisements run in swing states, such as one from the refining lobbying firm American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which campaigned against Joe Biden\u2019s pro-electric automobile approaches, or another eight-figure ad blitz from leading US oil lobbying firm the American Petroleum Institute that enabled the notion that fossil fuels are \u201cvital\u201d to the world's energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, oil and gas firms and trade groups paid more than $25m on Republican down-ballot campaigns, including $8m on Senate fights, $16m on House races and more than $500,000 on GOP gubernatorial nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the long run, these contributions may \u201clikely to pay dividends,\u201d the report states, with Republicans in charge of the White House, House and Senate \u2013 as well as some critical states. Trump has launched dozens of pro-fossil fuel administrative actions on his first day in office and is likely to pursue a vast collection of others with collaboration from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In light of this, the US must \u201cfree ourselves from Big Oil\u2019s grip and invest in the clean energy of the future\u201d, the Climate Power report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Trump's campaign promise to \u201cdrill, baby, drill\u201d, remove limitations on the already roaring fossil fuel industry and reverse Biden\u2019s climate approaches. \u201cWe have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,\u201d Trump stated in his inaugural address. \u201cWe will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","post_title":"Trump's fossil fuel-funded presidency by Big Oil's $445m lobbying","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"trumps-fossil-fuel-funded-presidency-by-big-oils-445m-lobbying","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:32:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7441","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":12},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Congo has hired US lobbyists on a year-long agreement worth US$1.4 million with the aim of delivering \u2018strategic engagements to advance defence security and critical mineral diplomacy with the United States government\u2019, as reported in a filing with the Foreign Agents Registration Act on 20 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported, The contract is held by Aaron Poynton, an American businessman who was assigned by Kinshasa last June to arrange a roundtable discussion for business and political leaders from the US and Congo (Dispatches 19\/6\/24, Kinshasa gets a <\/a>new business Poynt man).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tshisekedi\u2019s government had expanded its involvement in Washington prior to Donald Trump\u2019s election in November. Last April, state mining firm G\u00e9camines signed a one-year contract worth $925,000 with Mercury, a K Street lobby shop in Washington DC, to boost bargaining with Washington).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, regarding Ukraine, Trump has explicitly stated \u2013 especially through his insistence that Ukraine sign a deal allowing the US access to a claimed $500 billion in rare earth minerals as a component of a peace agreement to halt Russia\u2019s invasion \u2013 that his approach will be distinctly transactional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mining of minerals has been a secondary aspect of M23\u2019s incursions into the Kivus. A report from United Nations experts revealed that minerals were being smuggled from areas controlled by M23 into Rwanda for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tshisekedi referred to the European Union\u2019s cash-for-minerals agreement with Rwanda as \u2018an absolute scandal\u2019 and blamed Brussels for contributing to \u2018complicit in the theft and looting of Congo\u2019. During a February 24 interview with the New York Times, Tshisekedi asserted that the Trump administration has expressed interest in a strategic minerals agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This development could draw increased US investment into the $6 billion Lobito corridor project, which connects Angola\u2019s largest port with the copper mines in Zambia and eventually to Congo-K. Advocates of this initiative feared that the new US administration might hesitate to support Lobito, given its association with ex-President Joe Biden\u2019s Africa strategy. Until now, the pathway for US companies to leverage Lobito for greater access to Congo-K\u2019s essential minerals remained uncertain.<\/p>\n","post_title":"DR Congo's lobbying efforts to gain US support in fight against M23","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dr-congos-lobbying-efforts-to-gain-us-support-in-fight-against-m23","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-26 21:02:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7453","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7447,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-21 05:37:00","post_content":"\n The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is secretly lobbying the Trump government to undermine a post-war agenda for the Gaza Strip that Egypt prepared and which has been supported by the Arab League, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by the Middle East Eye, Abu Dhabi is using its unprecedented access to the White House to denounce the plan as unworkable and blame Cairo for giving too much influence to Hamas. Emirates' powerful ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, has been lobbying US President Donald Trump\u2019s aides and congressmen to place pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinian refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this year, Otaiba stated that he saw no alternative to Trump's call for Palestinians to be displaced outside of the Gaza Strip. The UAE has targeted an offshoot of the Egypt-founded Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both the UAE and Egypt broadly support the same Palestinian powerbroker for Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, an exiled former Fatah official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the start of March, Egypt announced its strategy for political transition, rebuilding, and recovery in the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel\u2019s harsh offensive. Key points include governance by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the establishment of a Gazan security force trained by Jordan and Egypt, and the possibility of deploying UN peacekeepers in both the Strip and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Egyptian proposal emerged as a counter to US President Donald Trump\u2019s plans for an American takeover of Gaza and the coercive displacement of Palestinians. This led to the rapid endorsement of Cairo\u2019s initiative by the Arab League. Although several European nations supported the plan, it was unsurprisingly dismissed by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE has criticized Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan for not specifying specifically how to disarm and oust Hamas from the Gaza Strip. It is believed by some US and Egyptian officials that the UAE campaign has already adversely impacted US-Egyptian bilateral ties, with the US cautioning Egypt that it will decrease military aid in 2026. The US warnings that the White House prepared to cut military aid to Egypt were first noted by London-based news portal Al-Araby Al-Jadeed last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In March, the Trump administration executed the previous Biden administration\u2019s strategy to redirect $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt to the Lebanese Armed Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The dispute is complicated by the fact that Egypt and the UAE see Dahlan as a power broker in post-war Gaza. When the Arab League endorsed the Egyptian-drafted plan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pardoned exiled former Fatah officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was widely perceived as a nod to Dahlan, Fatah's enforcer in Gaza before Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. When Dahlan fell out with Abbas in the occupied West Bank, he relocated to the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been reported that the UAE is advocating for Dahlan to lead a committee governing Gaza and later replace octogenarian Abbas as president. Moreover, Sisi has a close relationship with Dahlan. The UAE is a pivotal backer of Sisi\u2019s cash-strapped administration. In 2024, it arranged a $35bn investment in Egypt\u2019s Mediterranean shore. However, the UAE and Egypt are supporting opposing flanks in a brutal civil fight in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to complicating matters, The Financial Times noted that the Trump administration is advocating for Sudan and the unrecognized government of Somaliland to get forcibly displaced Palestinians. According to reports, the Trump administration's nominee for Africa Affairs at the State Department, Peter Pham, is a vocal advocate of the UAE and Somaliland's independence. DP World, a state-owned company, operates the main port of Somaliland and trains the security forces there. DP World is the main power broker in Somaliland.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Emirates lobbying Trump to reject Egypt\u2019s Gaza plan with its political agenda","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emirates-lobbying-trump-to-reject-egypts-gaza-plan-with-its-political-agenda","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:40:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7447","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7444,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-20 05:32:00","post_content":"\n Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk\u2019s two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump <\/a>government tariff policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by CNBC, the two companies had different letters for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The electric vehicle producer Tesla cautioned of the negative impact on its bottom line from tariffs and from duties put by other nations on U.S.-made products in retaliation for those tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, SpaceX complains that operating expenses for its Starlink internet satellite service are raised by trade barriers abroad, while foreign competitors experience no such costs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The notes come as Musk leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a step to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the direction of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump is imposing stiff tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada hitting back with retaliatory tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow much did Big Oil spend to support Trump?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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