Relationship dossier
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation in taxation and security supports Trinidad and Tobago–United Kingdom ties.
Trinidad and Tobago toward United Kingdom
+25Trinidad and Tobago participates in a bilateral convention with the United Kingdom to prevent double taxation and has pursued law-enforcement cooperation with the British government, including efforts against serious organised crime.
United Kingdom toward Trinidad and Tobago
+25The United Kingdom participates in a bilateral convention with Trinidad and Tobago to prevent double taxation and has pursued law-enforcement cooperation with the Trinidad and Tobago government, including efforts against serious organised crime.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has durable practical foundations in the bilateral tax convention and government cooperation on security. These arrangements indicate meaningful cooperation, though the breadth and intensity of the partnership are difficult to characterize from these areas alone.
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
Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom maintain a cooperative relationship with practical cooperation in areas including taxation and law enforcement. A bilateral double-taxation convention provides a durable framework, and the governments have also pursued cooperation against serious organised crime. The scope and implementation of these arrangements are not fully clear.
Key developments
The governments concluded a convention to prevent double taxation.
The governments pursued cooperation to address serious organised crime.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral law-enforcement cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of current cooperation beyond taxation and security is uncertain.