Relationship dossier
British Virgin Islands
United States
Relationship assessment
Limited cooperation, including a tax information exchange agreement, within the British Virgin Islands’ UK-governed foreign-affairs framework.
British Virgin Islands toward United States
+15The British Virgin Islands entered into a tax information exchange agreement with the United States. The UK retains responsibility for the territory’s foreign affairs.
United States toward British Virgin Islands
+15The United States maintains tax-information exchange arrangements with the British Virgin Islands, providing a concrete channel for bilateral cooperation.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship includes a specific tax-information cooperation arrangement, but the British Virgin Islands’ foreign affairs remain the responsibility of the United Kingdom. The extent of other direct bilateral cooperation is 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
The British Virgin Islands is a UK Overseas Territory, and the UK retains responsibility for its foreign affairs. A concrete area of bilateral government cooperation is the tax information exchange agreement between the British Virgin Islands and the United States. This supports a limited positive assessment, though the scope of broader direct cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
The British Virgin Islands and the United States concluded a tax information exchange agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral tax-information cooperation are unclear.
- Details of broader direct government cooperation between the British Virgin Islands and the United States are limited.