VenAmCham's mission is to promote trade and investment between the United States of America and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.To achieve this objective, the Association will defend and promote the free enterprise system, free trade and free market, as well as corporate social responsibility, with the purpose of creating the right environment in which member organizations and the entire country can develop and prosper.

Members are companies and persons who operate on a binational basis and promote growing trade and investment between both nations as the best source for opportunity and equitable development by reducing unemployment and poverty.

Venezuela has a privileged geographic position in relation to world's largest economy, the US, which in turn offers the best potential - without ignoring other options - for mutual growth in trade and investment.

VenAmCham considers economic development essential for the social well being and survival of democracy, and holds that the key to economic development is individual effort and initiative by each member of society. It considers respect for the rule of law; property and individual freedoms are basic human rights that must be guaranteed by all authorities. The Chamber on principle opposes economic sanctions as instruments for local and international policy.

VenAmCham contributes experience and knowledge to the formation of public and economic policies in a balanced and objective manner that is institutional and transparent, pragmatic and non doctrinaire, in order to eek ideal conditions for binational trade and investment.

VenAmCham maintains permanent communication with authorities at every level in both nations, in order to promote its objectives and represent the positions of member companies. It helps facilitate bilateral communication and understanding between authorities of both nations in order to maintain a positive environment for bilateral economic development and further integration for mutual growth.

Throughout its 54 year history the Chamber has taken action at appropriate levels in the United Status to promote legitimate Venezuelan economic interests, in cases such as surtaxes on oil imports, exports within the GSP (General System of Preferences), reformulated gasoline, orimulsión, tuna, cement, and steel exports, among others.

The Chamber promotes the establishment of stable, predictable, equitable, and transparent rules for business through bilateral and multilateral agreements on trade and investment, based on credible and reliable reciprocal guarantees.

An institutionalized legal system is essential for business confidence. VenAmCham promotes business confidence through arbitration and conciliation that facilitate conflict resolution and diminish inefficiencies.

VenAmCham informs public opinion and different economic sectors on benefits of bilateral economic relations and conditions that influence them. It generates objective and balanced information on economic and operating conditions in both nations in order to facilitate planning and evaluation of business decisions by member companies. It seeks solutions to structural and specific economic difficulties, constantly striving to become part of solutions and not of problems.

VenAmCham is permanently committed to the promotion of corporate social responsibility, and facilitates social initiatives and cooperation between enterprise, non government organizations and authorities at all levels. It permanently informs the community of achievements and impacts of private social investment in Venezuela and the world.

VenAmCham helps strengthen Venezuela's democratic system and human rights through institutional economic action directed at generating private initiative, investment, and productive employment in order to reduce poverty.