It was established on 3 May 1960 to serve as an alternative trade bloc for those European states that were unable or unwilling to join the then European Economic Community (EEC), the main predecessor of the EU.

歐洲自由貿易联盟（英語： European Free Trade Association ，縮寫為 EFTA ）是歐洲一個促進貿易的組織。 該組織於1960年5月3日成立，希望可以超越 歐洲經濟共同體 。

欧洲自由贸易联盟（European Free Trade Association，简称EFTA）又称小自由贸易区、七国集团、七国联盟。 由 英国 、 瑞典 、 挪威 、 瑞士 、 奥地利 、 丹麦 和 葡萄牙 组成的 自由贸易区 。

Learn more about the European Free Trade Association, including its history, Member States, organisation, annual budget, media resources, current job opportunities and staff contact details.

EFTA has an extensive worldwide network of free trade relations. Its third-country policy aims to safeguard the economic interests of its Member States, support and reinforce European and interregional integration, and contribute to global efforts to liberalise trade and investment.

The EFTA States have the possibility to negotiate free trade agreements (FTAs) together as one bloc of like-minded countries, and share an economic framework for intra-EFTA trade. The EFTA-at-three countries also benefit from the Association’s joint management of the EEA Agreement.

2024年3月10日 · India has signed a $100bn free trade agreement with a four-member European bloc and will lift most import tariffs on industrial products from these countries in return for the investment over 15...

1994年1月1日 · European Free Trade Association (EFTA), group of four countries—Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland—organized to remove barriers to trade in industrial goods among themselves, but with each nation maintaining its own commercial policy toward countries outside the group.

2024年3月10日 · For the first time, India is signing FTA with four developed nations - an important economic bloc in Europe. For the first time in history of FTAs, binding commitment of $100 bn investment and 1 million direct jobs in the next 15 years has been given.

EFTA countries have the right to enter into third-country trade arrangements. However, there is a coordinated trade policy among the nations. As a joint unit, free trade agreements with the European Union and other nations have been concluded. At its inception, seven nations were members of EFTA.