Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

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Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
駐美國臺北經濟文化代表處
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
Agency overview
Jurisdiction United States
 Cuba
 Bahamas
 Grenada
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Dominica
 Nicaragua
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., United States
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China
WebsiteTaipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (Chinese: 駐美國臺北經濟文化代表處; pinyin: Zhù Měiguó Táiběi Jīngjì Wénhuà Dàibiǎo Chù) represents the interests of Taiwan in the United States in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy. Its counterpart in Taiwan is the office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) in Taipei.[1]

History

Prior to 1979, the

People's Republic of China.[3][4] The council was renamed Taiwan Council for US Affairs in 2019.[5][6]

In 1994, as a result of the

embassy) was changed to Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO).[7] Similarly, the names of the twelve other CCNAA offices (which functioned as consulates) were changed to Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO).[8]

In September 2020, the

US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft met with James K.J. Lee, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, who was secretary-general in Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs until July, for lunch in New York City in what was the first meeting between a top Taiwan official and a United States ambassador to the United Nations.[9] Craft said she and Lee discussed ways the US can help Taiwan become more engaged within the U.N.[9]

Representatives

Alexander Yui, ROC representative to the United States.

CCNAA representatives

TECRO representatives

Consular districts by missions

Mission Consular district
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver
(relocated from TECO in Kansas City, Missouri since 17 April 2015)
Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco Northern California (north of Visalia), Nevada and Utah
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu Hawaii, American Samoa and Palmyra Atoll
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Guam
(merged into consular jurisdiction of Embassy in Ngerulmud, Palau, from 31 August 2017 to 2020. Restored consular post in Guam since summer 2020.)
Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

US representation in the Congress

Including:

See also

References

  1. ^ "American Institute in Taiwan".
  2. ^ James M. Goode (2003). "Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings". Smithsonian Books. p. 264. ISBN 1588341054.
  3. ^ Courage and fortitude, Taiwan Review, 1 May 1979
  4. ^ For U.S. Quasi-Embassy in Taiwan, Silence is Golden, The Washington Post, 4 September 1980
  5. ^ "台美關係突破!「北美事務協調委員會」更名「台灣美國事務委員會」 - 政治". 新頭殼 Newtalk. 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ "The Coordination Council for North American Affairs renamed the Taiwan Council for US Affairs". Taipei Times. 26 May 2019.
  7. ^ Su, Chi, Taiwan's Relations with Mainland China: A Tail Wagging Two Dogs (at Google Books), (Routledge, 2009), page 31.
  8. ^ "1994 Taiwan Policy Review." Formosan Association for Public Affairs. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
  9. ^ a b Edith M. Lederer (17 September 2020). "US envoy to United Nations meets with Taiwan official in NY". ABC News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.
  10. ^ a b Tsao, Nadia, US demands replacement of Taiwan representative, Taipei Times, 10 January 2015.
  11. ^ Davis, Julie Hirschfeld, and Eric Lipton, "Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scenes on Trump-Taiwan Call 点击查看本文中文版", The New York Times, 6 December 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-07.

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