1st Quarter - Report

WESTWIN ELEMENTS for WESTWIN ELEMENTS

Firm
Client
Income
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Expenses
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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) TAR

Industry is seeking tariffs on imports of class 1 nickel products with exemptions for ex-chinese and ex-russian production from Canada. Additionally, we are working to maintain the duty free import of nickel intermediate products which are the required feedstock for domestic nickel refining.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAQUAWN CORNELL BRUCE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Westwin is seeking the establishment of critical mineral agreements with mineral rich allied nations to support the trade of nickel and other critical minerals vital to ensuring a domestic critical mineral supply chain free of FEOC influence and reduce US dependency on adversarial controlled supply.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAQUAWN CORNELL BRUCE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Westwin Elements is building the U.S.' only major nickel refinery. In order to successfully complete the project Westwin is seeking support from the government to remove tariffs on imported nickel feedstocks, and place tariffs on class 1 nickel products. Additionally, Westwin is looking to partner with the DOD to provide the defense industrial base with access to Class 1 nickel which is vital to U.S. economic and national security objectives.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAQUAWN CORNELL BRUCE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.