美國政府立場: 美國政府申明僅參照Joint Communique of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China 美國認為英文才是對美國有拘束力的條文(We regard English text as being the binding text. We regard the word 'acknowledge' as being the word that is determinative for the US)。該公報文字「The Government of the United States of America acknowledges the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China」指美國政府認知瞭解「臺海兩岸當時共同的立場」(非單指中華人民共和國的立場),即「只有一個中國,臺灣是中國的一部份」,但並不因此承認它,認知並不代表承認