European Free Trade Association

American  

noun

1. an economic association established in 1960 and originally composed of Austria, Denmark, Britain, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland, that maintains free trade in industrial products among member countries. EFTA

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European Free Trade Association British  

noun

1. See EFTA

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Example Sentences

In the broader European market, which includes the United Kingdom and the European Free Trade Association countries, Tesla registered 17,664 EVs, a jump of nearly 12% compared with a year earlier.

From MarketWatch

United Kingdom and European Free Trade Association nations fell 17% in January compared with a year earlier, according to an industry group.

From MarketWatch

Tesla’s registrations across the European Union, United Kingdom and the European Free Trade Association’s four countries — including Norway — dropped almost 29% in 2025, according to industry data.

From MarketWatch

In the past seven months, India signed major trade agreements with the UK, Oman and New Zealand, and a 2024 pact signed with the four-nation European Free Trade Association bloc of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein has come into effect.

From BBC

Last year, it signed a $100bn free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association - a group of four European countries that are not members of the European Union - after almost 16 years of negotiations.

From BBC