Benefits
Benefits of Membership include:
- Unparalleled opportunities for engagement with NZ government leaders on a regular basis with high-level access through the Council on trade and investment issues of importance in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations, in which New Zealand and the United States are key participants.
- Opportunities to participate with top US and NZ government and business leaders in events such as the US-NZ Partnership Forum.
- Opportunities to have voices heard on political, economic, security and trade policy issues by high-level New Zealand and American leaders.
- Interaction with leadership and members of the Friends of New Zealand Congressional Caucus in the US House of Representatives and the NZ Parliamentary Friendship Group for the United States.
- Involvement in building support for Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.
- Information and in-country support regarding trade and other commercial in NZ and Asia Pacific and contacts with private and public sector officials in New Zealand and the United States.
- Facilitation of relationships, networking and attention to specific policy or commercial issues.
- Invitations to all US-NZ Council hosted events such as luncheon roundtables, receptions, briefings and Torchbearer award and other dinners with top US and New Zealand leadership.
- Active role in setting Council objectives and programs.
- Opportunities to sponsor Council events.