Trinidad and To­ba­go has been of­fi­cial­ly re­moved from the Eu­ro­pean Union list of non-co­op­er­a­tive tax ju­ris­dic­tions fol­low­ing a de­ci­sion by the Eu­ro­pean Union’s Eco­nom­ic and Fi­nan­cial Af­fairs Coun­cil on 17 Feb­ru­ary 2026.

The Min­istry of Fi­nance said this mile­stone re­flects sev­er­al years of sus­tained com­mit­ment, con­struc­tive di­a­logue and close co­op­er­a­tion be­tween the Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go and Eu­ro­pean Union au­thor­i­ties to align with in­ter­na­tion­al­ly agreed stan­dards for tax good gov­er­nance.

Cé­cile Tassin, EU Am­bas­sador to Trinidad and To­ba­go, said: “The progress made by Trinidad and To­ba­go on the path to­wards meet­ing the in­ter­na­tion­al­ly agreed stan­dards on tax good gov­er­nance is im­pres­sive. These ef­forts should be com­mend­ed. They are a pos­i­tive sign for the con­tin­ued strength­en­ing of our part­ner­ship.”