Relationship dossier
Chile
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Relationship assessment
Investment treaty underpins cooperative Chile–Netherlands relations
Chile toward Kingdom of the Netherlands
+25Chile entered into force a bilateral investment treaty with the Netherlands in 1999, creating a framework for promoting and protecting investments.
Kingdom of the Netherlands toward Chile
+25The Netherlands entered into force a bilateral investment treaty with Chile in 1999, creating a framework for promoting and protecting investments.
Overall relationship
+25The bilateral investment treaty provides a durable basis for cooperation on investment. The available scope of direct bilateral engagement beyond that framework is uncertain.
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
Chile and the Netherlands have a cooperative bilateral framework that includes a treaty for the promotion and protection of investments, which entered into force in 1999. This supports a positive assessment, though the scope of other direct government cooperation and the treaty’s current implementation are unclear.
Key developments
The bilateral treaty between Chile and the Netherlands for the promotion and protection of investments entered into force.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of direct government cooperation beyond the investment treaty is unclear.
- The treaty’s current implementation and practical effects are unclear.