Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China

Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China
Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China
Traditional Chinese	中美共同防禦條約
Simplified Chinese	中美共同防御条约
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōng Měi Gòngtóng Fángyù Tiáoyuē

Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China
Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China; 中華民國與美利堅合眾國間共同防禦條約
	Five years after the agreement is signed, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower greets crowds in Taipei while on parade with Republic of China leader Chiang Kai-shek.
Type	Defense Treaty
Signed	2 December 1954
Location	Washington, D.C.
Effective	3 March 1955
Expiry	31 December 1979
Parties	United States; Republic of China;
Citations	6 U.S.T. 433; T.I.A.S. No. 3178
Languages	English; Chinese;

The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China (formally known as Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China), was a defense pact signed between the United States and the Republic of China (Taiwan) effective from 1955 to 1980. It was intended to defend the island of Taiwan from invasion by the People's Republic of China. Some of its content was carried over to the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 after the failure of the Goldwater v. Carter lawsuit.