Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will meet with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, at the White House next week.
The leaders will meet on Tuesday. Ardern will also meet with Vice-President Kamala Harris.
"There are a number of areas in which the United States and New Zealand have very similar views, and a number of areas where we would wish to see their presence continue or increase."
It will be the first time the leader of New Zealand goes to the Oval Office since John Key met Barack Obama in 2014.
"It's incredibly important for New Zealand in this fraught time of global politics, when we have not only a pandemic and the climate crisis, we have conflict, for us to be engaging with like-minded partners like the United States," Ardern said.
She expects the war in Ukraine, the "increasingly contested" Indo-Pacific, and the CPTPP will be on the agenda. Ardern will also pass on "New Zealand's sorrow" over the recent Texas shooting.
"We have been open about our view that the CPTPP is the best way the United States can join and strengthen the economic resilience of our region."
She said the US recently announced the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) "demonstrates they have heard the region and our call for that greater engagement".
"In our view though, the CPTPP does offer the best existing framework for them to enter into. But if there are indeed domestic challenges that prevent them from doing so, the IPEF is still an opportunity for New Zealand to engage.
"We are very keen to make sure we push that to be an ambitious agreement, one that actually can achieve new outcomes on climate, on digital work and on trade."
The Prime Minister said it's important for US not just to engage "at a strategic level, but actually at an economic level".
"That really has changed in recent times, but we would like to see it change further."
Ardern’s trip to the United States will be extended - on Saturday she will now travel from Seattle back to Washington DC for two days.
The confirmation of the White House meeting comes after Ardern caught COVID-19 prior to her trip, causing a two day delay.
