Relationship dossier
Belgium
Philippines
Relationship assessment
Belgium and the Philippines cooperate through bilateral tax and extradition agreements.
Belgium toward Philippines
+20Belgium participates in bilateral arrangements with the Philippines, including a convention to prevent double taxation and an extradition treaty, providing frameworks for tax and legal cooperation.
Philippines toward Belgium
+20The Philippines participates in bilateral arrangements with Belgium, including a convention to prevent double taxation and an extradition treaty, providing frameworks for tax and legal cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes sustained, practical cooperation through bilateral tax and extradition arrangements. These frameworks provide defined channels for economic and legal cooperation, though their scope does not by itself establish a broader close partnership.
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
Belgium and the Philippines have practical bilateral cooperation through agreements including a convention to prevent double taxation and an extradition treaty. These arrangements support cooperation in tax matters and legal assistance, although the breadth and implementation of bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Belgium and the Philippines signed a convention to prevent double taxation.
Belgium and the Philippines concluded an extradition treaty.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of direct government cooperation beyond treaty arrangements are uncertain.