Japan, China firms boost lobbying spending in Trump's 2nd term

Automakers and steelmakers spend big in US to achieve specific goals

Lobbying spending is likely increase further as the deadline for "reciprocal" tariffs approaches. © Reuters

KAZUKI YAMAGUCHI and TAMAKI KYOZUKA

June 28, 2025 01:09 JST

TOKYO -- Japanese companies have increased spending on lobbying in the U.S., part of a wider trend that has seen lobbying expenditures rise 8% year-on-year early in President Donald Trump's second term and spike nearly 50% compared with the January-March period in his first term.