Kate Clemans

Kate Clemans joined C&M International as a Director in January 1993, after serving more than five years as head of the Trade Policy Division of the New Zealand Embassy in Washington, DC. Drawing on her perspective as a former foreign government official, she specializes in US relations with countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Ms. Clemans has particular expertise in multilateral trade negotiations, bilateral market access issues, regulatory affairs, trade remedies and safeguards issues. Her background as a trained scientist offers a unique perspective on standards and inspection issues as they affect trade policy. As a New Zealand official, Ms. Clemans played a key role in representing private sector commercial interests before the US Administration and in the Uruguay Round negotiations. Before coming to Washington, Ms. Clemans was Deputy Director for Asia in the Trade Policy Division of the New Zealand Department of Trade and Industry where she took a lead role in the development and negotiation of bilateral access agreements with countries in Asia. Previously, she served as an analyst in the Prime Minister's department, where her responsibilities included international financial and economic issues. Ms. Clemans has an extensive range of high-level contacts throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Ms. Clemans obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honors from Victoria University of Wellington where she taught for five years. Research sabbaticals included studies at the Australian National University and the University of Western Australia.