Industry Consulting Experience

Global Policy Group^®  advises corporate clients in North America, Asia, and Europe through retainer relationships and customized consulting assignments that explore a wide variety of policy, regulatory, economic, and business issues, including:

Economic, Trade and Financial Policies

• U.S. macroeconomic trends, including trends in key industries and markets (autos, energy, etc.)

• Federal budget, tax, and monetary policies

• U.S. trade law and policy (including WTO, regional trade accords, bilateral trade issues)

• Trends in foreign exchange markets and their implications for key industries

Automotive Markets and Regulation

• Federal efforts to promote alternative-fuel, electric, and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles and biofuels

• Federal and California light-vehicle emissions regulations and federal CAFE standards

• FreedomCAR, ITS, and other federal transportation technology programs

• Federal programs to promote clean and fuel-efficient heavy-duty trucks and buses

• FMVSS and other federal motor vehicle safety regulations

Energy and Environmental Policies

• Federal and state policies on climate change and the U.S. position on global negotiations

• U.S. energy policy and pending reform proposals, and their impact on utilities, oil companies, etc.

• Federal and state programs to promote alternative-energy sources, including wind, solar, etc.

• U.S. energy-efficiency programs and chemical and environmental regulations

Information Technology Policies

• U.S. government and industry programs to promote advanced computing and other IT technologies

• Regulatory and market trends in broadband, electronic commerce, smart grid, telematics, etc.

Health Care, Retirement and Labor Policy

• U.S. health care reform and proposals to overhaul Medicare/Medicaid

• Legislation and regulation related to traditional pensions and defined contribution retirement plans

• Social Security reform and retirement savings proposals

• Proposed labor policy reforms, including ergonomics regulation and "card check"

 

Global Policy Group^® principals have worked with clients in such industries as automotive (Aisin Seiki, ArvinMeritor, Audi, Daimler, Dana, Delphi, Denso, Fiat, Iveco, Kia Motors), energy (Cosmo Oil, E.ON, Norsk Hydro), electronics (Intel, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, Philips), banking (Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, Mizuho Group, Nordea, Royal Bank of Canada, Standard Chartered Bank), chemicals/pharmaceuticals (Asahi Kasei, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Roche), and such diversified firms as Freudenberg Group, Nippon Steel, Saab, Sulzer, and Sumitomo Corporation.