• Market access disputes and trade negotiations in Southeast Asia; market access initiatives on digital carrier media and other digital products involving APEC, the WTO, and the Information Technology Agreement negotiations.

Duration: January 3, 2012 to February 1, 2013

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $210,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2012: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)