Relationship dossier
Colombia
Japan
Relationship assessment
A strategic partnership with investment and development cooperation, but no concluded economic partnership agreement.
Colombia toward Japan
+35Colombia concluded an investment agreement with Japan and took part in negotiations toward a broader economic partnership agreement. These steps provide concrete support for bilateral economic ties.
Japan toward Colombia
+40Japan has provided development cooperation to Colombia, including through JICA, and concluded an investment agreement with Colombia. The two governments also elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership in 2014.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is underpinned by a strategic partnership, an investment agreement, and Japanese development cooperation in Colombia. Economic partnership negotiations reflect efforts to deepen ties, but have not produced a concluded agreement. These arrangements support a cooperative overall relationship without constituting a comprehensive trade 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
Colombia and Japan maintain a cooperative relationship supported by an investment agreement, economic partnership negotiations, and Japanese development cooperation in Colombia. The governments elevated ties to a strategic partnership in 2014. Cooperation spans economic and development issues, although the proposed economic partnership agreement has not been concluded.
Key developments
The two governments signed an investment agreement.
Colombia and Japan began negotiations toward an economic partnership agreement.
The two governments elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership.
The bilateral investment agreement entered into force.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of Japanese development cooperation in Colombia are unclear.
- The status and prospects of the economic partnership agreement negotiations are uncertain.