Days before President Donald Trump was set to take his oath of office, the lobbying outfit many insiders view as a direct line to Trump filed paperwork to represent a corporation partially owned by the Chinese government.
Ballard Partners, a firm headed by veteran lobbyist and Trump ally Brian Ballard, registered to lobby on behalf of Pirelli Tire effective December 2024, public records released on Jan. 17 show. Pirelli Tire, though based in Italy, counts the state-owned China National Chemical Corporation as its single largest shareholder, positioning the Chinese government to profit from the arrangement. In addition to being state-owned, China National Chemical Corporation also appears on the Department of Defense’s 1260h entity list, meaning that it is “directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or beneficially
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