Relationship dossier
Ireland
Uruguay
Relationship assessment
Constructive ties include a bilateral investment-protection agreement
Ireland toward Uruguay
+20The Irish government entered into a bilateral agreement with Uruguay to promote and protect investments, providing a concrete basis for economic cooperation.
Uruguay toward Ireland
+20The Uruguayan government entered into a bilateral agreement with Ireland to promote and protect investments, providing a concrete basis for economic cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has a cooperative economic foundation in the bilateral investment-protection agreement. Its broader institutional and political dimensions are less clear, so the relationship is best characterized as constructive but not demonstrably close.
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
Ireland and Uruguay have a cooperative relationship that includes a bilateral agreement for the promotion and protection of investments. The relationship appears constructive, though the breadth and intensity of government cooperation beyond this arrangement are unclear.
Key developments
Ireland and Uruguay signed a bilateral agreement for the promotion and protection of investments.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of the bilateral investment agreement are unclear.
- The breadth of government cooperation beyond investment protection is unclear.