First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness are pictured with Mark Ennis, Chairman of Invest NI and Daniel O’Connell, President & CEO, Massachusetts Competitive Partnership. PICTURE: KELVIN BOYES/PRESSEYE

FIRST Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness today attended a briefing with the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership (MACP) at Boston Harbour, Massachusetts, USA.

The Massachusetts Competitive Partnership is a non-profit, public policy group comprised of chief executive officers of some of the Commonwealth’s largest businesses.

The Partnership’s goals are to promote job growth and competitiveness in the Commonwealth by working in collaboration with public officials and business and civic leaders in Massachusetts.

Later in the week the First Minister and the deputy First Minister will fly to Chicago where they will visit two of Northern Ireland’s most important US investors, Caterpillar and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.