# UNITED STATES/MOROCCO • Fertilisers: Mosaic calls in Trump camp lobbyists and lawyers to back its offensive against OCP - 23/07/2020 - Africa Intelligence

> Mosaic has reportedly hired lobbyist Brian Ballard and lawyer David Ross to support its campaign against subsidized phosphate imports from Morocco's OCP and Russia's PhosAgro. The effort is aimed at pressing for trade action.

- Date: 2020-07-23 · published 2020-07-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52433-united-states-morocco-fertilisers-mosaic-calls-in-trump-camp-lobbyists-and
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Political lobbying increases the likelihood of duties on Moroccan and Russian phosphate, which would support US DAP prices by restricting import supply.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2020-12-03 | [UNITED STATES/MOROCCO • The US finds against OCP in preliminary "subsidies" report - 03/12/2020 - Africa Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49959-united-states-morocco-the-us-finds-against-ocp-in-preliminary-subsidies-report.md) | +0.9% | +3.7% |
| DAP | 2023-01-22 | [Morocco plans to sell India 1.7 million tonnes of fertilisers in 2023 \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38105-morocco-plans-to-sell-india-1-7-million-tonnes-of-fertilisers-in-2023-reuters.md) | +1.5% | -2.7% |
| DAP | 2020-08-07 | [USITC Votes to Continue Investigations Concerning Phosphate Fertilizers from Morocco and Russia \| United States International Trade Commission](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51918-usitc-votes-to-continue-investigations-concerning-phosphate-fertilizers-from.md) | +2.6% | +11.7% |
| DAP | 2021-01-11 | [Morocco – US: Fertiliser giant OCP faces challenges in North America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49084-morocco-us-fertiliser-giant-ocp-faces-challenges-in-north-america.md) | +1.0% | +38.4% |
| DAP | 2020-07-09 | [US Fertilizer Giant Mosaic Files Complaint Against Moroccan Phosphate Imports \| Bladi.net](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52422-us-fertilizer-giant-mosaic-files-complaint-against-moroccan-phosphate-imports.md) | +0.2% | +8.4% |

## Sources

- africaintelligence.com: https://www.africaintelligence.com/north-africa/2020/07/23/fertilisers-mosaic-calls-in-trump-camp-lobbyists-and-lawyers-to-back-its-offensive-against-ocp,109596115-art

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