Agency Name: | Thailand Trade and Economic Office สำนักงานการค้าและเศรษฐกิจไทย |
Nativename: | 泰國貿易經濟辦事處 |
Formed: | 1976 (as Thai Airways International Ltd. Office) 1992 (as Thailand Trade and Economic Office) |
Jurisdiction: | Thailand |
Headquarters: | Taipei, Taiwan |
Chief1 Name: | Thongchai Chasawath |
Chief1 Position: | Executive Director[1] |
Website: | Thailand Trade and Economic Office |
The Thailand Trade and Economic Office (Thai: สำนักงานการค้าและเศรษฐกิจไทย; ;) 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]