Relationship dossier
Taiwan
United Arab Emirates
Relationship assessment
Practical economic ties without formal diplomatic relations
Taiwan toward United Arab Emirates
+25Taiwan maintains a commercial representative office in the United Arab Emirates and has pursued bilateral economic arrangements, including a tax agreement and air-services cooperation.
United Arab Emirates toward Taiwan
+25The United Arab Emirates permits a commercial office in Taiwan and has participated in bilateral economic arrangements, including a tax agreement and air-services cooperation.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship is structured around practical commercial and economic arrangements rather than formal diplomatic ties. Representative offices and tax and air-services cooperation provide a durable basis for engagement, although the breadth of cooperation beyond these fields is uncertain.
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
Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates maintain substantive commercial engagement despite lacking formal diplomatic relations. Bilateral arrangements include commercial representative offices and a tax agreement, with air-services cooperation also supporting ties. The relationship is practical and mainly economic, while its scope beyond these areas is less clear.
Key developments
Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates concluded a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion.
The two sides established commercial representative offices to facilitate economic engagement.
Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates concluded an air-services arrangement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral commercial and air-services arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of government cooperation beyond economic matters is uncertain.