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What We Know About the New Companies Entering the Lobbying Trade Fight

By Sean McMinn
Posted July 26, 2018 at 7:30pm

By Sean McMinn and D.A. Banks

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Data reporter Sean McMinn found that nine of the top 20 companies lobbying on tariffs in the second quarter of 2018 only began lobbying on the topic in the last year. Here’s what we know about the lobbying data so far.

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