VDMA AMERICA, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS VDMA WASHINGTON, INC.) lobbying for VDMA AMERICA, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS VDMA WASHINGTON, INC.)

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2026

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 16, 2026

Expenses

$125,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 10

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Energy, Dept of
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Intl Trade Administration (ITA)
SENATE
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
White House Office

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Lobbying activity 3

Manufacturing

Lobbied against tariffs on the EU (Section 232). Lobbied for solutions such as a tariff cap for European machinery and equipment on the 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum derivatives. Lobbied to exclude EU from 232 investigation on robotics and industrial machinery or a tariff cap. Educated on the short and long-term impacts of tariffs on American producers, farmers and manufacturers.

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Lobbied to lower tariffs on the EU (Section 232). Lobbied for solutions such as a tariff cap for European machinery and equipment on the 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum derivatives. Lobbied to exclude EU from 232 investigation on robotics and industrial machinery or a tariff cap. Educated on the short and long-term impacts of tariffs on American producers, farmers and manufacturers.

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

Lobbied against tariffs on the EU (Section 232). Lobbied for solutions such as a tariff cap for European machinery and equipment on the 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum derivatives. Lobbied to exclude EU from 232 investigation on robotics and industrial machinery or a tariff cap. Educated on the short and long-term impacts of tariffs on American producers, farmers and manufacturers.