Coupang spent $250,000 on lobbying through Trump-linked firm in Q2: lobbying report

E-commerce giant Coupang Inc. spent $250,000 lobbying the White House, the House of Representatives and the Office of the U.S.

Trade Representative during the second quarter of the year through a firm with close ties to U.S.

President Donald Trump, a lobbying disclosure report showed Wednesday.

On the Senate website for Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, Ballard Partners, a Trump-linked lobbying firm, has filed a report showing that it had received the money for lobbying activities for its client, Coupang, during the reporting period from April 1 to June 30.

The lobbying activities came as a House Judiciary Committee report and a White House official recently criticized Korea's regulatory probes into Coupang's massive data leak in the Asian country as "discriminatory" amid Seoul's efforts to ensure that the Coupang issue would not undermine alliance cooperation.

The report stated that Ballard Partners conducted the activities concerning issues related to U.S. export promotion, international economic policy and investment flows, as well as efforts to strengthen commercial ties between the ...