Relationship dossier
Luxembourg
United States
Relationship assessment
NATO allies with a cooperative relationship and bilateral economic arrangements
Luxembourg toward United States
+45Luxembourg participates in NATO, including alliance operations, and is party to a bilateral income tax treaty with the United States.
United States toward Luxembourg
+45The United States maintains its NATO security commitment to Luxembourg and has a bilateral income tax treaty with the country.
Overall relationship
+45The relationship is anchored in NATO alliance commitments and supported by a bilateral income tax treaty. These enduring security and economic arrangements provide a cooperative foundation; the extent of other bilateral government initiatives 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
Luxembourg and the United States maintain a cooperative relationship shaped by their NATO alliance and bilateral economic arrangements. Luxembourg has participated in NATO operations, while the two governments have a bilateral income tax treaty. The relationship is substantially cooperative, though the scope of specific bilateral security cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Luxembourg and the United States became founding members of NATO.
The two governments signed a bilateral income tax treaty.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and recent implementation of bilateral security cooperation are unclear.
- The breadth of government cooperation beyond NATO and tax matters is uncertain.