Relationship dossier
Argentina
Mexico
Relationship assessment
Strategic partnership with practical trade and health cooperation
Argentina toward Mexico
+35Argentina participated in the bilateral COVID-19 vaccine arrangement, producing vaccine substance for packaging in Mexico and distribution in Latin America. Argentina has also engaged Mexico through the strategic partnership and bilateral trade arrangements.
Mexico toward Argentina
+35Mexico participated in the bilateral COVID-19 vaccine arrangement by packaging vaccine substance produced in Argentina for regional distribution. Mexico has also engaged Argentina through the strategic partnership and bilateral trade arrangements.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a cooperative institutional foundation, including a strategic partnership and practical coordination on vaccine production and regional distribution. Trade arrangements provide another channel for engagement. The known cooperation is meaningful but concentrated in a limited set of areas, and its continuity and breadth are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Argentina and Mexico have maintained a formal strategic partnership and pursued practical economic and health cooperation. Their governments agreed to collaborate on production and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for Latin America, with production in Argentina and packaging in Mexico. The relationship also includes trade arrangements, though the scope and continuity of cooperation across policy areas are unclear.
Key developments
Argentina and Mexico established a strategic partnership through a bilateral agreement.
The governments coordinated production and packaging of COVID-19 vaccines in Argentina and Mexico for distribution in Latin America.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral trade arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing government cooperation beyond trade and health is uncertain.