On 8 July 2021, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (the EEA EFTA States) and the United Kingdom (UK) signed a comprehensive free trade agreement. Switzerland earlier concluded a bilateral free trade agreement with the UK. Find the UK-EEA EFTA Separation Agreement here. Read a 13-page explainer of the Separation Agreement here.

The United Kingdom and Denmark joined the EEC in 1973 and hence ceased to be EFTA members. Portugal also left EFTA for the European Community in 1986. Liechtenstein joined the EFTA in 1991 (previously its interests had been represented by Switzerland). Austria, Sweden, and Finland joined the EU in 1995 and thus ceased to be EFTA members.

On 4 June 2021, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (the EEA EFTA States) and the United Kingdom (UK) concluded in substance the negotiations on a comprehensive free trade agreement. The UK is a key trading partner for all three EEA EFTA States.

On 8 July 2021, the three EEA EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) signed a new free trade agreement with the United Kingdom (UK). Following agreement in principle last month, this signing marks a new closer alliance between Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the UK, which will see the four countries work together to promote ...

The United Kingdom (UK) was a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) from 1 January 1994 to 31 December 2020, following the coming into force of the 1992 EEA Agreement (as adjusted by a 1993 protocol). Membership of the EEA is a consequence of membership of the European Union (EU).

2014年11月17日日内瓦，在欧洲自由贸易联盟（EFTA）主席瑞士经济部长施耐德－阿曼主持下，EFTA成员国（瑞士、冰岛、列支敦士登和挪威）部长审议了与多国进行自由贸易区协议谈判的进程。

2024年4月29日 · What lessons can the UK draw from EFTA’s experience? Although neither the current Conservative government nor Labour is arguing for as close a relationship with the EU as the EFTA countries, Labour is calling for better market access in …

2023年8月21日 · Since EFTA's establishment in Stockholm in 1960, six member states have joined the EU: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, Sweden and the UK. The UK formally left the EU on 31 January 2020 and, following the end of the transition period, also exited the EU single market and customs union on 1 January 2021.

2020年7月20日 · The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020 under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement. In parallel, the UK also agreed the EEA EFTA Separation Agreement with the EEA EFTA states...

Following the UK’s departure from the EU, the EEA EFTA States reached an agreement with the UK known as the Separation Agreement. The Separation Agreement guarantees UK nationals and their family members living in the EEA EFTA States many of the same rights that were previously protected by EEA law, including the right to work, study and ...