Client Achievements
• JWI
has helped establish business leaders of the Caucasus with
leading
figures in official Washington. In a
single three-day visit, a client was
brought to the attention of U.S. Senators
and Congressmen, as well as
media representatives, relevant
non-governmental agencies, and
opinion leaders associated with an
industry vital to his country.
• JWI,
to help advance the cause of independence for a disputed
territory, established a foundation
including powerful advisory board
members, among them some of the most
respected names in U.S. law,
foreign service, and defense. The case for
independence is fully
presented through the foundation’s
website and events, produced
by JWI.
• JWI
monitoring has helped several nations keep current with
developments in the U.S. government that
influence their position in
the world.
• JWI
helped a country that was just emerging from chaos establish
effective relations with the U.S. and
develop a base for economic
recovery.
• JWI
led the way for an address by an Asian country’s
President before a
U.S. Joint Session of Congress—an
extremely rare privilege—with full
media coverage.
• JWI
handled the complete scheduling for multiple U.S. visits of a
head
of state, substantially extending the
capabilities of the country’s U.S.
embassy. Innovative events included an
internet streaming video call-in
town meeting that helped harness the power
of the media for the leader
and coalesce support for him.
• JWI
enhanced the post-9/11 image of a Middle East country by
bringing
spokespersons before cultural groups,
think tanks, and other influential
bodies.
• JWI
arranged a series of constructive breakfast meetings between
the ambassador to the U.S. of an Eastern
European country, U.S.
government representatives, and
high-ranking individuals from
branches of the U.S. military. The
meetings provided a unique
opportunity for participants to
collaborate on specific shared issues
germane to the country’s bid for
NATO membership.
• JWI
enabled a head of state to address his people directly when a
national disaster struck during his
official U.S. visit by arranging for
international broadcast time.
• JWI
assessments of regional political and financial volatility have
served
as the basis of major investment
firms’ positions on emerging markets,
particularly West Africa.
• JWI
has identified Iraq development projects that include
substantial
components suitable for its client—a
large U.S. corporation—and laid the
groundwork for the company’s sales
staff to pursue contract
opportunities.
• JWI
helped a U.S. corporation combat the undue advantage of a
foreign
competitor whose offering was based on
sub-market financing.
• JWI’s
business-government network made it possible for an
international
gold mining concern to penetrate new
markets in Africa.
• JWI
facilitated the purchase of U.S. aircraft by a foreign country
on
behalf of a client whose after-sale
equipment was designed for the
aircraft.
• JWI’s
political relationships enabled an international partnership to
secure permits for offshore petroleum
exploration along the
West African coast.
• JWI
was able to facilitate a client’s success in winning a
contract by
addressing a foreign competitor’s
need for export clearance.
• JWI
professionals, representing the textile industry of Mexico,
helped make possible favorable U.S. trade
treatment, most notably the
unprecedented inclusion of Mexican
textiles in the Central
American/Dominican Republic trade
agreement with U.S., which
facilitates the use of Mexican-made
fabrics in Central American/
Dominican Republic garments.
• JWI
is helping a troubled West African state qualify for U.S. trade
benefits such as Generalized System of
Preferences, Africa Growth and
Opportunities Act, and Trade Development
Assistance.
• JWI
multilateral funding capabilities helped a U.S. independent
power
producer obtain funding from the
Export-Import Bank and OPIC to
facilitate finalization of a contract in
South East Asia.
