On December 10-11, 2019, in Taipei Taiwan, senior representatives from the United States and the Taiwan authorities, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), held the third Digital Economy Forum in Taipei to share priorities of the U.S.-Taiwan digital economy ...

Ian Steff, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Global Markets and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service at the U.S. Department of Commerce, will visit Taiwan December 9-11. |PR-1962|December 9, 2019

As part of our yearlong campaign celebrating forty years of U.S.-Taiwan friendship and cooperation, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is pleased to name December AIT@40 Environment Month. |PR-1961|December 2, 2019

The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) will celebrate International Education Week (IEW) from November 18-22, 2019.  IEW is an initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education that promotes the benefits of international education and exchange programs worldwide. |PR-1959|November 15, 2019

AIT Director W. Brent Christensen joined TAITRA Chairman James Huang in leading a delegation to the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Bangkok today. |PR-1957|November 4, 2019

Fact Sheet: Taiwan Indo-Pacific Business Forum Deliverables|PR-1958|November 4, 2019

As part of our yearlong campaign celebrating forty years of U.S.-Taiwan friendship and cooperation, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is pleased to name November AIT@40 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Month. |PR-1956|November 1, 2019

The Talent Circulation Summit will bring together global leaders in the public and private sector around a single theme: How to internationalize Taiwan’s work force for the digital age.|PR-1955|October 29, 2019

The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is glad to announce that the AIT community and the organization for Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA) will form a contingent to participate in the 2019 Taiwan Pride Parade in Taipei on Saturday, October 26. |PR-1954|October 25, 2019

Applications for the Spring 2020 Professional Fellows Program are open. |PR-1953| |October 18, 2019|

Ambassador James Moriarty, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), is visiting Taiwan from October 14 to 19, 2019. |PR-1952| |October 15, 2019|

Taiwan is a long-standing and important development partner to the Pacific Island states. |PR-1951| |October 7, 2019|

On October 7, 2019, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will launch an inaugural Pacific Islands Dialogue. |PR-1950| |October 5, 2019|

As part of our yearlong campaign celebrating forty years of U.S.-Taiwan friendship and cooperation, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is pleased to designate October AIT@40 Food & Beverage Month. |PR-1949| October 1, 2019

Please note due to Typhoon MITAG, AIT/Kaohsiung Consular Team will reschedule Thursday, October 3 consular services to Wednesday, October 2.

This will be the first GCTF workshop to take place outside of Taiwan. It will feature speakers and participants from nine countries to discuss the preservation and revitalization of Austronesian languages and culture. |PR-1947|September 26, 2019

On September 13, 2019, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Regarding Certain Consular Functions.  |PR-1946|September 16, 2019

This important new forum serves as mechanism for the United States and Taiwan to meet annually to explore ways to increase our cooperation and pursue joint projects in the region that assist other countries in addressing the governance challenges of the day. |PR-1943|September 12, 2019

The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is partnering with the National Space Organization, Chunghwa Telecom, Taipei City Government, National Taiwan Normal University, and the American Innovation Center to host the 2019 NASA Space Apps Challenge Hackathon in Taiwan. The hackathon will be held from October 18-20 and registration is now open. |PR-1945|September 11, 2019

 The Consular Team from the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Kaohsiung Branch Office will visit Taitung City on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 and Thursday October 3, 2019 to provide these consular services and answer related questions. |PR-1944|September 10, 2019

In honor of September as the AIT@40 Education Month, AIT is pleased to welcome Dr. Randall Nadeau, new executive director of the Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (Fulbright Taiwan). |PR-1942|August 30, 2019

As part of our yearlong campaign celebrating forty years of U.S.-Taiwan friendship and cooperation, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is pleased to launch September as AIT@40 Education Month. Each month of 2019 features a unique theme, highlighting the increasingly multifaceted nature of U.S.-Taiwan relations today. |PR-1941| August 30, 2019

The Talent Circulation Alliance (TCA) is a public-private partnership that facilitates the circulation of talent between Taiwan and like-minded partners, with the goal of cultivating a deep pool of capable, internationally-integrated, and digitally savvy professionals. |PR-1940| August 26, 2019

Dannielle Andrews has assumed duties as the Economic Section Chief at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). |PR-1939|August 1, 2019

As part of our yearlong campaign celebrating forty years of U.S.-Taiwan friendship and cooperation, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is pleased to designate August as AIT@40 Security Cooperation Month. |PR-1938|August 1, 2019

In honor of AIT@40 Arts, Culture and Sports Month, the American Institute in Taiwan is pleased to announce the Taiwan debut of Carnegie Hall’s national youth jazz orchestra—NYO Jazz—from July 29 to August 1. |PR-1937|July 26, 2019

Mitchell Silk, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Markets at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will visit Taipei July 17-18, 2019, to propose ideas for developing domestic and regional energy and infrastructure markets as part of the Indo-Pacific vision’s Asia EDGE initiative and the Infrastructure Transaction and Assistance Network (ITAN). | PR-1936 | July 17, ...

In honor of AIT@40 Arts, Culture and Sports Month, the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Sports Diplomacy has named former University of Tennessee Women’s Basketball Coach Holly Warlick and Chapman University Women’s Basketball Coach Carol Jue as U.S. Women’s Basketball Sports Envoys to Taiwan from July 16 to July 22. | PR-1935 | July ...

A software engineer at a suburban Chicago locomotive manufacturer stole proprietary information from the company and took it to China, according to an indictment unsealed this week in federal court in Chicago. | PR-1934 | July 12, 2019

As part of our yearlong campaign celebrating forty years of U.S.-Taiwan friendship and cooperation, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is pleased to name July as AIT@40 Arts, Culture and Sports Month. Each month of 2019 features a unique theme, highlighting the increasingly multifaceted nature of U.S.-Taiwan relations today. | PR-1932 | July 1, 2019

David Bohigian, Acting President and Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, last week traveled to Taiwan, where he met with President Tsai and reaffirmed OPIC’s commitment to partnering to support development across the Indo-Pacific and beyond. | PR-1931 | July 1, 2019

At a June 28 ceremony at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., President of Nadia’s Initiative Nadia Murad, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) Representative Stanley Kao, American Institute in Taiwan Managing Director John Norris, Head of the Office of Global Criminal Justice Kelley Currie, Special Advisor ...

On June 25, 2019, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) exchanged signed Letters of Intent (LOI) establishing a Baggage Screening Facilitation (BSF) program at Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), Taipei, Taiwan. | PR-1928 | June 26, 2019

COSMIC-2 soars into orbit aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Its six satellites will enhance NOAA’s weather prediction, space weather monitoring | PR-1927 | June 25, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo released the 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom on Friday June 21, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. EDT.  | PR-1926 | June 24, 2019

“The 2019 TIP Report includes narratives for more than 180 countries and territories, including the United States and Taiwan. The United States and Taiwan are both listed as Tier 1.” | PR-1925 | June 20, 2019

Data will improve weather prediction, space weather monitoring COSMIC-2 , a mission of six satellites designed to improve weather forecasts and space weather monitoring, is set to launch no earlier than June 24 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The satellites , flying on the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program-2 mission, are known ...

AIT resumes full operations in Neihu starting May 6 | PR-1920E | May 6, 2019

AIT Relocation to New Office Complex (NOC) in Neihu. AIT Taipei will be open for business at Neihu beginning on May 6, 2019. | PR-1909E | April 3, 2019

20 students and educators from Taiwan’s top music high schools will participant in a three week AIT@40 Youth Leadership Exchange Program in Cleveland, Ohio from May 5 to May 23 titled “Fostering Youth Leadership in the U.S. and Taiwan through Music and Social Action” | PR-1919E | April 30, 2019

AIT Celebrates Immigration & Exchange Month in May | PR-1918E | April 30, 2019

PR-1917E | Date: 04/26/2019 American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Kaohsiung Branch Office will visit Chiayi City on Friday, May 17, 2019 to provide those consular services and answer questions.

As the American Institute in Taiwan celebrates its 40th anniversary, we would like to especially congratulate all students in Taiwan who have recently received offers of admission from one of the over 4,700 accredited institutions of higher learning in the United States. | PR-1916 | April 26, 2019

Representatives from 49 U.S. agribusinesses and farm organizations will join Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Administrator Ken Isley on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) first-ever trade mission to Taipei, Taiwan, April 22-25. | PR-1915E | April 22, 2019

Today, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) marked the 40th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and AIT's 40th birthday with an event entitled TRA & AIT@40: Celebrating 40 Years of Friendship. | PR-1914 | April 15, 2019

The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation on International Parental Child Abduction (IPCA).| PR-1913 | April 13, 2019

The American Institute in Taiwan is pleased to announce the U.S. Delegation traveling to Taiwan to celebrate AIT@40, which marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) on April 10, 1979. | PR-1912E | April 10, 2019

David Meale, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy Negotiations in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs will visit Taiwan from April 9-15 as part of AIT@40 Trade & Investment Month. | PR-1911E | April 9, 2019

AIT is proud to be co-organizing, in cooperation with Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, the Women’s Economic Empowerment Summit. | PR-1910E | April 4, 2019

As part of our yearlong campaign celebrating forty years of U.S.-Taiwan friendship and cooperation, AIT is pleased to proclaim April as AIT@40 Trade & Investment Month. | PR-1908E | April 1, 2019

Nerissa J. Cook, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, will be visiting Taiwan from March 27 to 30, 2019 to advance ongoing cooperation with Taiwan and other partners in these areas. | PR-1907E | March 29, 2019

The United States and Taiwan to Launch Indo-Pacific Democratic Governance Consultations | PR-1906E | March 19, 2019

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback from the U.S. Department of State will visit Taiwan on March 10-13 to attend the 2019 Regional Religious Freedom Forum called “A Civil Society Dialogue on Securing Religious Freedom in the Indo-Pacific Region.” | PR-1905 | March 10, 2019

In honor of the “AIT@40 Shared Values Month,” AIT is pleased to announce that the Professional Fellows Program funded by U.S. State Department is now open for applications from Taiwan until March 30. | March 08, 2019 | PR-1904

AIT is pleased to announce that March is AIT@40 Shared Values Month… Our shared values - including democracy, tolerance, freedom, pluralism, and equality under the law - are one of the strongest ties that binds the United States and Taiwan. | PR-1903E | March 1, 2019

AIT is happy to announce that we have officially launched an official Instagram account. AIT has found interactions with our more that 107K Facebook friends to be both rewarding and instructive. We hope that Instagram will provide an additional platform to communicate with and learn from our friends in Taiwan. | PR-1902E | February 20, ...

The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), proudly announces the launch of a yearlong campaign called AIT@40. This campaign will celebrate 40 years of friendship and partnership between the United States and Taiwan since the signing of the ...