The Mansfield Foundation Corporate Affiliates Program

Gateway to Networks that Strengthen U.S.-Asia Business Relations

The Mansfield Foundation’s Corporate Affiliates Program (CAP) is a member-based initiative that promotes and enhances private/public sector dialogue on issues affecting U.S. and Asian multinational corporations – with a special focus on providing access to the networks of policy officials that enable CAP members to build relationships and cut through red tape in their business dealings.

With the emergence of China and India, the revitalization of Japan, and the rising competitiveness of South Korea and other regional economies, Asia is the focal point of interest for competitive U.S. and multinational corporations. Yet many corporations find it difficult to obtain easy access to members of Congress and their staff, embassy attachés, and officials in policy positions in U.S. government departments and agencies.

The non-partisan Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation is in a unique position to provide access to these networks – opening doors for CAP members to meet and build relationships with political, economic, academic, NGO and private sector leaders in the United States and Asia. And with the legacy of Mike Mansfield—the legendary Senate Majority Leader and the longest-serving U.S. ambassador to Japan whose name stands for integrity, bipartisanship and a commitment to U.S.-Asia relations—as well as our own regional expertise, we are able to focus attention on Asia-related issues on Capitol Hill.

What does CAP do?
The CAP is a gateway to all of the Mansfield Foundation’s resources in its mission to promote stronger and more sustainable U.S.-Asia relations. In particular, CAP members are able to:

Access the Mansfield Foundation’s broad-based networks of public and private sector leaders in the United States and Asia through networking events and substantive study group travel to the region. We arrange networking opportunities and face-to-face meetings, as well as substantive programs that are tailored to CAP members’ particular interests.
Participate in briefing sessions on Capitol Hill involving leading figures in Asia-related policies and businesses, as well as members of Congress, key staff, and other decision-makers in Washington. Briefings cover an array of timely and important economic, business, trade and security topics—from intellectual property rights protection and new trade and investment opportunities in China, India, Japan and South Korea to regional security “hot spots.”
Support and engage in the Mansfield Foundation’s effort to inform and educate Congress on issues of critical importance to corporations with interests in Asia or in U.S.-Asia relations.
Receive invitations to the Mansfield Foundation’s exchange, dialogue and research activities, as well as in-house publications, analyses, and commentary on U.S.-Asia relations.

Joining CAP

Corporate Affiliates pay an annual, tax deductible membership fee of $10,000, which entitles them to all CAP programs and networking opportunities as well as the Foundation’s regular programs and publications.

We invite you to join our growing list of world-class CAP member corporations, which include Goldman Sachs, Toyota, Boeing, Eli Lilly, Panasonic/Matsushita, and Aflac.

To join CAP, or for other questions about the program, please contact:

Teng Margaret Fu
Program Associate
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 740
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-347-1994 Fax: 202-347-3941
Email: tmfu@mansfieldfdn.org

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that promotes understanding and cooperation among the nations and peoples of Asia and the United States. The Foundation honors the late Mike Mansfield and his wife Maureen. Mansfield served as U.S. congressman from Montana, senate majority leader and U.S. ambassador to Japan. Maureen and Mike Mansfield’s values, ideals and vision for U.S.-Asia relations continue through the Foundation’s exchanges, dialogues, research and educational programs, which create networks among U.S. and Asian leaders, explore the underlying issues influencing public policies, and increase awareness about the nations and peoples of Asia. The Foundation also supports the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana. The Foundation has offices in Washington, D.C.; Tokyo, Japan; Beijing, China; and Missoula, Montana.

To learn more about the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, please visit our website at www.mansfieldfdn.org.

CAP Membership

Corporate Affiliates Programs

Nukes, Missiles and Abductions: A Japanese Perspective on the Six-Party Talks

Minister Akitaka Saiki, Embassy of Japan

December 18, 2007, U.S. Capitol (by invitation only)

"After Abe: the U.S.-Japan Alliance Under Prime Minister Fukuda"

Michael J. Green, Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, associate professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

October 24, 2007, Washington, D.C.

The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Promise or Peril?

Panelists: Seok Young Choi, Minister, Embassy of the Republic of Korea; Laura Lane, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Citigroup; Douglas Meyer, Senior Economist, United Auto Workers, and Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute of International Economics

August 21, 2007, Washington, D.C.