At a glance
| Booth | S7330 |
| Website | www.asoataiwan.org |
Company profile
American State Offices Association, the American State Offices Association, was formed to facilitate and strengthen bilateral ties between the United States and Taiwan and uses that mission as the basis for its work with U.S. state government representative offices in Taiwan. The association serves as a common platform for the many U.S. state government Representative Offices in Taiwan, giving member offices a shared channel for enhancing trade and investment ties between their respective states and Taiwan. American State Offices Association supports member states in increasing exports from the United States to Taiwan, helping the products of its member states reach the Taiwan market as part of its bilateral economic mission. The association also works to attract investment from Taiwan into its member states, connecting Taiwan-based business investment with opportunities offered by participating U.S. states. Beyond direct export and investment support, American State Offices Association coordinates, co-organizes, and supports activities related to trade and investment so that member offices can work through a shared platform rather than only through separate state-level efforts. Its activity scope also extends to education and tourism, which are listed together with trade and investment among the areas for which the association coordinates, co-organizes, or provides support. Education-related activities are one part of the association's supported exchange work, placing educational engagement alongside its economic-development functions. Tourism-related activities are also coordinated, co-organized, or supported, giving the platform a role in people-facing state promotion in addition to trade, investment, and education. Taken together, the association's work runs in both economic directions: supporting U.S. member-state exports into Taiwan while encouraging Taiwan-based companies to invest in those member states.
Exhibits
In the association's anniversary statement, the 45th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act coincided with the 34th year of the American State Offices Association, providing a time marker for the organization's continuing U.S.-Taiwan engagement. The same statement said that more than 20 U.S. states had established offices in Taiwan, showing the scale of the state-level representative-office network with which the association works. American State Offices Association stated that it would continue promoting exchanges between U.S. states and Taiwan across different fields and deepen the close partnership between the United States and Taiwan. Semicon Taiwan is explicitly identified in the association's collected material, placing this state-level trade and investment platform in the context of the semiconductor exhibition represented by this record.
Capabilities and products
- U.S. state trade and investment platform for Taiwan
- support for member-state exports to Taiwan
- support for Taiwanese investment in member states
- trade, investment, education and tourism event support