Relationship dossier
Mexico
United Kingdom
Relationship assessment
A strategic partnership and trade continuity agreement underpin Mexico–United Kingdom cooperation.
Mexico toward United Kingdom
+35Mexico participates in the bilateral trade continuity agreement with the United Kingdom, preserving preferential trade arrangements after the United Kingdom left the European Union. The countries also maintain a strategic partnership.
United Kingdom toward Mexico
+35The United Kingdom participates in the trade continuity agreement with Mexico, preserving preferential trade arrangements after leaving the European Union. The countries also maintain a strategic partnership.
Overall relationship
+35The enduring relationship combines a strategic partnership with a practical trade arrangement that maintained preferential market access through a major change in the United Kingdom's trade framework. This supports a cooperative assessment, although the depth and consistency of cooperation in other areas are 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
Mexico and the United Kingdom have a formal strategic partnership and maintain practical cooperation, including a trade continuity agreement that preserved preferential trade arrangements after the United Kingdom left the European Union. These arrangements indicate substantive cooperation, though the breadth and implementation of cooperation across other areas are less clear.
Key developments
Mexico and the United Kingdom established a strategic partnership.
The countries signed a trade continuity agreement to preserve preferential trade arrangements after the United Kingdom left the European Union.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of cooperation under the strategic partnership are unclear.
- The breadth of bilateral cooperation beyond trade is uncertain.