Relationship dossier
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Relationship assessment
Friendly relations with a bilateral investment treaty supporting economic cooperation
United Kingdom toward Uruguay
+15The United Kingdom entered into a bilateral investment treaty with Uruguay, providing a framework for investment between the two countries.
Uruguay toward United Kingdom
+15Uruguay entered into a bilateral investment treaty with the United Kingdom, providing a framework for investment between the two countries.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship is underpinned by a bilateral investment treaty and appears broadly friendly. The known cooperative framework is concrete but does not by itself establish a wide-ranging or especially intensive partnership.
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
The United Kingdom and Uruguay maintain friendly bilateral relations, with a concrete basis for economic cooperation in their bilateral investment treaty. The relationship appears broadly cooperative, although the range and depth of government-to-government cooperation are not sufficiently clear to support a stronger assessment.
Key developments
The United Kingdom and Uruguay concluded a bilateral investment treaty.
Major uncertainties
- The treaty's present scope and implementation are unclear.
- Details of wider bilateral government cooperation are limited.