Japan launches major lobbying blitz on trade | TheHill

Japan’s government has launched an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign, as the Asian power works to secure favorable language in a sweeping international trade deal in the late stages of intense negotiations.

Eyeing a bilateral trade agreement with the United States as part of the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the country spent more than $2.3 million on U.S. consultants from 2014 through the beginning of this year, according to forms filed to the Justice Department and examined by The Hill.

Japan launches major lobbying blitz on trade | TheHill