Relationship dossier
Liechtenstein
United States
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation centered on tax transparency and financial reporting
Liechtenstein toward United States
+30Liechtenstein concluded a tax information exchange agreement with the United States and entered arrangements for reporting financial-account information under U.S. requirements, providing channels for cooperation on tax transparency.
United States toward Liechtenstein
+30The United States concluded a tax information exchange agreement with Liechtenstein and established arrangements for financial-account reporting, supporting tax transparency and information exchange with the principality.
Overall relationship
+30The bilateral relationship includes sustained practical cooperation on tax transparency and financial reporting, reflected in a tax information exchange agreement and subsequent reporting arrangements. These arrangements support a cooperative relationship, while the extent of collaboration in other areas is less clear.
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
Liechtenstein and the United States have practical bilateral cooperation, particularly on tax transparency and financial-account reporting. Their governments concluded a tax information exchange agreement and later arrangements implementing U.S. foreign-account reporting requirements. These provide concrete, continuing areas of cooperation, though the scope of wider bilateral collaboration is less clear.
Key developments
Liechtenstein and the United States concluded a tax information exchange agreement.
The two governments entered arrangements concerning reporting of financial-account information under U.S. requirements.
Major uncertainties
- The breadth of cooperation beyond tax and financial transparency is unclear.
- The current implementation and scope of bilateral tax-reporting arrangements are uncertain.