Linked from

The 17 pages that link to European Free Trade Association, each with the reason it gives.

• European UnionCompared with: It offers a looser trade-based form of European cooperation than EU membership.

• European integrationCompared with: It offers economic cooperation without membership in the European Union.

• European Coal and Steel CommunityCompared with: Its trade cooperation did not create the ECSC’s shared authority over industrial production.

• European Economic CommunityCompared with: Unlike the EEC, it did not initially establish a customs union or common external tariff.

• Council of EuropeCompared with: It is a separate economic organization, not a Council of Europe institution.

• European Single MarketCompared with: Its members have different relationships to EU market rules and participation.

• Schengen AreaRelated: Several EFTA states joined Schengen without becoming members of the European Union.

• Council of the European UnionCompared with: Its member states do not participate in the Council's EU legislative process.

• European Economic AreaRelated: Its three non-EU members participate in the EEA through this organization.

• Robert SchumanCompared with: Its free-trade model offered an alternative to the deeper common institutions Schuman supported.

• LiechtensteinRelated: Liechtenstein uses EFTA membership to participate in European trade arrangements.

• Nordic CouncilCompared with: Its trade-focused treaty framework differs from the Council’s broader parliamentary cooperation.

• Jacques DelorsCompared with: Its looser model contrasts with the political and institutional integration Delors pursued.

• Organisation for European Economic Co-operationRelated: Non-EEC members kept their OEEC-style liberalisation agenda alive through EFTA.

• Central European Free Trade AgreementCompared with: EFTA is a distinct European trade framework, not CEFTA's successor.

• Economy of SwitzerlandRelated: Membership gives Switzerland a trade framework distinct from EU membership.

• Economy of the European UnionCompared with: Its members illustrate European economic cooperation outside the EU framework.