White House Agenda Turns Tariffs and MAHA Push to Lobbying Gold

President Donald Trump’s tariffs jolted global financial markets, upended US relations worldwide, and infused chaos into the business plans of companies foreign and domestic.

They also fed a mammoth business boom on K Street.

Corporations and industry groups spent a record sum hiring lobbying firms in 2025, shelling out $2.84 billion— just one part of the total $5.3 billion spent on lobbying last year—and the largest year-over-year uptick in more than a decade. Trade disruptions were a major driver of K Street activity, a Bloomberg Government analysis of lobbying disclosures shows.

“Trade and tariffs were No. 1,” said Cristina ...