Our Views

21 November 2008

NZ US Council welcomes Australia and Peru's decisions to join Trans Pac

The announcement that Australia and Peru intend to join the United States negotiating for membership of the Trans Pacific partnership is good news for New Zealand, says the NZ US Council. | Read more

17 November 2008

US NZ Partnership Forum to be held 6-8 October 2009

The third US NZ Partnership Forum will be held in Washington DC 6-8 October 2009, the two counterpart organizations US NZ Council and NZ US Council said today. | Read more

23 September 2008

NZ US Council welcomes US Trans-Pacific Announcement

The NZ US Council today welcomed the announcement of the launch of negotiations for the United States to join the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement or “Transpacific Agreement”. The Agreement, formerly known as the “P4”, currently includes New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and Brunei. | Read more

20 August 2008

NZ US Council mourns the passing of Phil Lewin

NZ US Council mourns the passing of Phil Lewin | Read more

06 August 2008

Rice visit takes NZ/US relationship into a new phase

A future free trade agreement and the eventual removal of restrictions currently applying to military exercises with the United States are outcomes that could flow from a much improved relationship with the United States, heralded by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent visit to Auckland, says the NZ US Council. | Read more

25 July 2008

NZ US Council welcomes US Secretary of State

The NZ US Council is pleased to welcome the United States Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, to New Zealand today. | Read more

12 June 2008

NZ US Council mourns the passing of Ambassador Anne Clark Martindell

The NZ US Council expresses its deepest sympathy to the family of Anne C Martindell, former US Ambassador to New Zealand (1979-1981) and founder of the US NZ Council who died in Princeton, New Jersey, yesterday | Read more

16 April 2008

NZ US Council welcomes "seismic" change in capacity to promote NZ US links

The Government is boosting its capacity to increase the momentum for a free trade agreement with the United States, a move welcomed by the NZ US Council today. | Read more

05 February 2008

NZ US Council delighted with US P4 announcement

The NZ US Council today welcomed the announcement that the United States was prepared to join negotiations on financial services and investment with the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership or "P4" group which includes New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and Brunei. | Read more

12 September 2007

Partnership Forum adds to momentum for stronger NZ US relationship

The second United States New Zealand Partnership Forum concluded last night with delegates acknowledging that it had meaningfully strengthened relationships between the two countries and agreeing that a further Forum would be held in Washington DC in early 2009. | Read more

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