Thailand Trade and Economic Office

Thailand Trade and Economic Office (Taipei)
สำนักงานการค้าและเศรษฐกิจไทย (ไทเป)
泰國貿易經濟辦事處（臺北）
Agency overview
Formed1976 (as Thai Airways International Ltd. Office)
1992 (as Thailand Trade and Economic Office)
JurisdictionThailand
HeadquartersTaipei, Taiwan
Agency executive
  • Thongchai Chasawath, Executive Director[1]
WebsiteThailand Trade and Economic Office (Taipei)

The Thailand Trade and Economic Office (Taipei) (Thai: สำนักงานการค้าและเศรษฐกิจไทย (ไทเป); RTGS: Samnakngan Kankha lae Setthakit Thai (thaipe); Chinese: 泰國貿易經濟辦事處（臺北）; pinyin: Tàiguó màoyì jīngjì bànshì chù（tái běi）) is the representative office of Thailand in Taiwan, functioning as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations.

It was first established in February 1976 as the Thai Airways International Ltd. Office, before adopting its present name in September 1992.[2] Prior to the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, Thailand was represented by the Royal Thai Embassy in Taipei.[3]

Its counterpart body in Thailand is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand in Bangkok.[4]

  1. ^ "สำนักงานการค้าและเศรษฐกิจไทย ไทเป". สำนักงานการค้าและเศรษฐกิจไทย ไทเป.
  2. ^ Foreign Policy of the New Taiwan: Pragmatic Diplomacy in Southeast Asia, Jie Chen, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002, page 83
  3. ^ Thailand Year Book, Temple Publicity Services, 1969, page 41
  4. ^ "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand". Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-03-12.