Relationship dossier
Dominican Republic
United Arab Emirates
Relationship assessment
Economic partnership agreement anchors cooperation between the Dominican Republic and the United Arab Emirates
Dominican Republic toward United Arab Emirates
+30The Dominican Republic negotiated and signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the United Arab Emirates, creating a framework for expanded trade and investment.
United Arab Emirates toward Dominican Republic
+30The United Arab Emirates negotiated and signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the Dominican Republic, creating a framework for expanded trade and investment.
Overall relationship
+30The bilateral relationship has a concrete economic foundation in the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. This represents active cooperation, while the limited information about other bilateral arrangements and implementation leaves the broader depth of the relationship 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
The Dominican Republic and the United Arab Emirates have pursued economic cooperation through a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. The agreement signals a substantive bilateral effort to expand trade and investment, though the scope of other government-to-government cooperation and the agreement’s implementation are unclear.
Key developments
The Dominican Republic and the United Arab Emirates signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to expand trade and investment.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of cooperation beyond the economic partnership agreement is unclear.
- The agreement’s implementation and effects on bilateral trade and investment are uncertain.