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UKEuropean economic community
/jˌʊəɹəpˈiən ˌiːkənˈɒmɪk kəmjˈuːnɪtˌi/
/jˌʊɹəpˈiən ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪk kəmjˈuːnɪɾi/European economic community
[NOUN]1
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
Examples
1. It became the European Economic Community as a result of the Rome Treaty of 1957.
2. And then in 1973, we entered the European Economic Community, the precursor to the EU.
3. Entrance to the European Economic Community could not save the British economy or its social democratic fabric, which was gradually stripped away by the increasingly ascendant neo form of liberalism that currently rules our planet.
4. Began as six contracting members who formed a coal and steel community in the early 1950s, that then became the European Economic Community in 1958.
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