Relationship dossier
Tunisia
United Kingdom
Relationship assessment
Tunisia–United Kingdom ties include a post-Brexit trade framework and security engagement
Tunisia toward United Kingdom
+20Tunisia has maintained the bilateral trade framework with the United Kingdom through the post-Brexit agreement that carried over the main provisions of the EU-Tunisia trade arrangement. The extent of other Tunisian government initiatives toward the United Kingdom is unclear.
United Kingdom toward Tunisia
+25The United Kingdom has worked with Tunisia on security matters, including engagement following the 2015 attacks, and maintained a trade framework with Tunisia after leaving the European Union. The scale and continuity of this cooperation are unclear.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has a practical cooperative foundation in a continuing trade framework and security engagement. Its overall character is not that of a close strategic partnership, and the breadth of cooperation 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
Tunisia and the United Kingdom maintain a cooperative relationship that includes a post-Brexit trade agreement preserving the framework of their previous EU-Tunisia trade arrangements. The two governments have also engaged on security matters, particularly in the period following the 2015 attacks in Tunisia. The scope and continuity of broader bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
The United Kingdom and Tunisia signed an agreement to preserve the main provisions of their previous EU-Tunisia trade arrangement after Brexit.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral security cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of current cooperation beyond trade and security is unclear.