Relationship dossier
Jersey
Spain
Relationship assessment
Jersey and Spain maintain practical bilateral cooperation on tax information exchange.
Jersey toward Spain
+15Jersey has entered into a tax-information exchange arrangement with Spain, supporting cooperation on tax matters. Jersey's international relations operate within the United Kingdom's constitutional responsibilities.
Spain toward Jersey
+15Spain has entered into a tax-information exchange arrangement with Jersey, supporting cooperation on tax matters. Spain's engagement is with Jersey as a self-governing Crown Dependency, not a sovereign state.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship is shaped by Jersey's self-government within the Crown Dependency framework and the United Kingdom's responsibility for international relations. A bilateral tax-information exchange arrangement provides a concrete but narrowly focused basis for cooperation; broader government-to-government engagement 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
Jersey is a self-governing Crown Dependency, while the United Kingdom is responsible for its defence and international relations. Jersey and Spain have a bilateral tax-information exchange arrangement, providing a specific area of government cooperation. The relationship is therefore cooperative in a limited, practical area rather than a broad independent foreign-policy partnership.
Key developments
Jersey and Spain established a bilateral tax-information exchange arrangement.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of Jersey-Spain cooperation beyond tax information exchange is unclear.
- The current implementation and practical scope of the tax-information exchange arrangement are unclear.