SK hynix’s U.S. subsidiary, Solidigm, has hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm founded by Brian Ballard, whom the source describes as a 30-year acquaintance of U.S. President Donald Trump.
A U.S. congressional lobbying disclosure says Solidigm appointed the firm on Sept. 24. The disclosure was announced on Oct. 14, according to the report.
The filing lists manufacturing as the lobbying area. It identifies two subjects: U.S. policy on domestic memory-chip manufacturing and compliance with rules on outbound investment.
The reported hire comes as Solidigm faces U.S. policy issues related to its business. The source does not say that the firm was hired specifically to seek approval for equipment exports to China, or that the appointment has changed any government decision.
Ballard Partners’ founder, Brian Ballard, previously handled lobbying for the Trump Organization in Florida while Trump was a businessman, the report says. The source describes the firm as influential in Washington during Trump’s second term.
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