Lobbying Relationship

Client

Florida Tomato Exchange

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Lobbying firm

THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED

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  • Withdrawal of 1996 antidumping petition and termination of the existing suspension agreement regarding fresh tomatoes from Mexico
  • Withdrawal of 1996 antidumping petition and termination of the existing suspension agreement regarding fresh tomatoes from Mexico; 2013 Suspension Agreement between the Department of Commerce and Mexican Government, growers and exporters; Treatment of U.S. growers, pricing, implementation and enforcement issues;Support for complaint filed at Court of International Trade regarding statutory requirements relating to proper implementation of trade laws

Duration: to

General Issues: Agriculture, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $140,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2012: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Labor - Dept of (DOL),, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)

Affiliated organizations: Certified Greenhouse Farmers

Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Michael Wessel General Counsel, House Dem. Leader Richard Gephardt
Stephen Koplan Commissioner, US International Trade Commission
Christopher Traci Staff Assistant, H. Government Reform Committee
Mark Anderson n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

Termination
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Registration

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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