• Government relations and related activities concerning ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1159 involving SK Innovation Co., Ltd. and SK Battery America, Inc.

Duration: January 1, 2021 to April 10, 2021

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $360,000 (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 2021: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Energy - Dept of, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senate, Treasury - Dept of, Natl Security Council (NSC), White House Office

Affiliated organizations: SK Innovation Co., Ltd.

Related Foreign Entities: SK Holdings Co., Ltd. (Seoul, KOR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 33%