Relationship dossier
Norway
Panama
Relationship assessment
Norway–Panama ties include investment and tax-information cooperation
Norway toward Panama
+20Norway has entered bilateral arrangements with Panama concerning investment protection and tax information exchange, establishing practical channels for cooperation.
Panama toward Norway
+20Panama has entered bilateral arrangements with Norway concerning investment protection and tax information exchange, establishing practical channels for cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has a practical treaty-based foundation in investment protection and tax information exchange. These arrangements support cooperation, though their implementation and the breadth of other bilateral government activity are 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
Norway and Panama have bilateral arrangements concerning investment protection and tax information exchange, providing concrete grounds for cooperation. The relationship appears practical and treaty-based, but the scope and implementation of these arrangements are not clear enough to support a stronger assessment.
Key developments
Norway and Panama concluded a bilateral investment protection arrangement.
Norway and Panama concluded a tax information exchange arrangement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral investment and tax information arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of other direct government cooperation is uncertain.