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。 成員國有 冰島 、 列支敦斯登 、 挪威 以及 瑞士 ，前成員國有 英国 、 奧地利 、 葡萄牙 、 丹麥 、 瑞典 以及 芬蘭。 歐洲自由貿易協會會議於1960年1月4日於 瑞典 首都 斯德哥爾摩 舉行，參與 國家 為 挪威 、 瑞士 、 英国 、 奧地利 、 葡萄牙 、 丹麥 以及 瑞典，並合稱為「外七國」。 隨著聯盟改變 瓦都茲 …

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.

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...

EFTA was established to foster economic cooperation and promote free trade between its seven founding Member States. The formation of the EFTA trade bloc was a response to the European Union’s predecessor, the European Economic Community (EEC), which was established in 1957 as a project for European integration.

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is an intergovernmental organization created in 1960 to promote free trade and economic integration between Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

2024年3月10日 · India signed a free trade pact on Sunday with a group of European nations - Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein - committing to reduce tariffs, while New Delhi receives $100 billion in...

2024年3月11日 · The European Free Trade Association and India have concluded a free trade agreement. The deal, signed on Sunday (10 March) in New Delhi, marks the culmination of 16 years of negotiations with the four-nation EFTA bloc. The agreement is notably shorter than many recent FTAs concluded by the EU.

This website pertains to the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) and the European Economic Area (EEA), two trade blocs based in Europe. The EFTA is composed of Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland, and Switzerland.

2025年2月10日 · The trade and economic partnership agreement (TEPA) between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) bloc is expected to come into force by the end of this year, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Monday, while exuding confidence that the $100 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) commitment by the bloc could help ...