Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States explained
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States 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 Republic of China (Taiwan) was represented in Washington by its embassy, occupying the building now used by Haiti.[2] After the transfer of recognition of China to the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China was no longer recognized by the United States, and therefore no longer entitled to use the former embassy, with its diplomatic mission replaced by the current Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office. The mission serves as the office of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) in Washington, D.C., established in 1979 as the counterpart to AIT, after the United States established diplomatic relations with 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 Clinton Administration's Taiwan Policy Review, the name of the CCNAA office in Washington, D.C. (which functioned as an 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
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 | Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Dominican Republic |
| 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) | |
Representation in U.S. Congress
Including:
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: American Institute in Taiwan.
- James M. Goode (2003). "Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings". Smithsonian Books. p. 264. ISBN 1588341054.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160313061332/https://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=125100&ctNode=2198&mp=9 Courage and fortitude
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/09/04/for-us-quasi-embassy-in-taiwan-silence-is-golden/41ecf494-4968-49cd-b364-b54552c0dab3/ For U.S. Quasi-Embassy in Taiwan, Silence is Golden
- Web site: 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. 25 May 2019. 新頭殼 Newtalk.
- Web site: The Coordination Council for North American Affairs renamed the Taiwan Council for US Affairs . Taipei Times . 26 May 2019.
- [Su Chi|Su, Chi]
- "1994 Taiwan Policy Review." Formosan Association for Public Affairs. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- News: Edith M. Lederer . Associated Press . September 17, 2020 . US envoy to United Nations meets with Taiwan official in NY . ABC News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200930062452/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-envoy-united-nations-meets-taiwan-official-ny-73065640 . 30 September 2020.
- Tsao, Nadia, US demands replacement of Taiwan representative, Taipei Times, 10 January 2015.
- 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.
