The weekly federal-spending brief. One email a Sunday. Free. No tracking.
The BuildoutBeta

$276,602,142

Department of State·Department of State

to AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

diplomacyexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2017 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2017-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-11·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM18F0260_1900_SAQMMA17D0075_1900
Award description

AIT FUNDING TASK ORDER

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

The Buildout's read

What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Continuation of funding for the American Institute in Taiwan, which manages U.S. diplomatic and unofficial relations with Taiwan since 2017.

Sub-sectors
state-department-operationstaiwan-relationsongoing-funding
Why this matters

AIT is the de facto U.S. embassy in Taiwan; this ongoing funding sustains critical diplomatic operations in a strategically vital region amid U.S.-China tensions.

U.S.–China competition angle

AIT represents the U.S. commitment to Taiwan relations without formal diplomatic recognition of the PRC, a key element of U.S. strategic positioning in the Indo-Pacific.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002870.

Period of performance
Start
2017-10-01
End
2025-08-07
Status
expired327 days ago
Sources

The Buildout does not edit federal records. Any inaccuracy reflects the upstream source; it will update here when corrected there.

$276.6M Department of State — The Buildout — The Buildout