Relationship dossier
Jersey
United States
Relationship assessment
A limited bilateral relationship includes tax information exchange, within Jersey’s constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom.
Jersey toward United States
+15Jersey entered into a tax information exchange agreement with the United States, enabling cooperation on tax information.
United States toward Jersey
+15The United States entered into a tax information exchange agreement with Jersey, enabling cooperation on tax information.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has a concrete cooperative component in tax information exchange, but Jersey's international relations are shaped by its status as a Crown Dependency and its relationship with the United Kingdom. The known bilateral arrangement supports a limited assessment of cooperation rather than a broader 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
Jersey is a Crown Dependency, not a sovereign state; the United Kingdom is responsible for its international relations, while Jersey can enter certain agreements with UK authorization. Jersey and the United States have a bilateral tax information exchange agreement, providing a concrete but limited basis for cooperation.
Key developments
Jersey and the United States concluded a bilateral tax information exchange agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of Jersey's role in implementing the tax information exchange agreement is unclear.
- The scope of other direct Jersey–United States government cooperation is unclear.