Which 1960 treaty established the European Free Trade Association?

The 1960 Stockholm Convention established the European Free Trade Association.

The agreement was signed in Stockholm on 4 January 1960 by Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. EFTA was created as an alternative to the European Economic Community, whose members were pursuing a deeper form of economic integration.

Unlike the EEC, EFTA originally focused on removing customs duties and quantitative restrictions on trade in industrial goods while allowing members to maintain separate trade policies toward countries outside the association. It did not begin as a customs union.

The Stockholm Convention is sometimes confused with the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community in 1957. EFTA later changed as several founding members joined the European Communities or the European Union. Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland are EFTA members today, although Switzerland is not part of the European Economic Area.