Relationship dossier
Panama
United Kingdom
Relationship assessment
Economic agreements underpin a cooperative Panama–United Kingdom relationship.
Panama toward United Kingdom
+30Panama has entered bilateral arrangements with the United Kingdom covering investment protection and tax-information exchange, and participates in the trade framework linking the UK with Andean countries.
United Kingdom toward Panama
+30The United Kingdom has maintained bilateral investment and tax-information arrangements with Panama and included Panama in the trade agreement with Andean countries that continued after Brexit.
Overall relationship
+30Bilateral economic arrangements provide a durable basis for cooperation, notably in investment protection, tax-information exchange, and trade. The known relationship is cooperative, but its scope beyond these areas is 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
Panama and the United Kingdom have maintained a cooperative relationship through bilateral arrangements on investment protection, tax information exchange, and trade. The UK’s trade agreement with Andean countries, including Panama, continued after Brexit. These arrangements indicate practical cooperation, though the breadth and recent implementation of bilateral initiatives are unclear.
Key developments
The United Kingdom and Panama signed a bilateral investment treaty.
The United Kingdom and Panama concluded a tax-information exchange agreement.
The United Kingdom's trade agreement with Andean countries, including Panama, continued after Brexit.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of implementation and use of the bilateral tax-information and investment arrangements is unclear.
- Details of recent bilateral government cooperation beyond trade and economic agreements are limited.