Common Market inits. (3 letters)

{ Answer }

EEC

{ Related Clues }

ECU issuer
Trading org.
Common Market abbr.
Common Market: Abbr.
Common Market initials
Common Market letters
Continental trading org.
Foreign market, for short
Intl. trade org.
Nafta's overseas counterpart
Spain is in it: Abbr.
Former Common Market inits.
Intl. org. begun in 1958
Onetime overseas trade grp.
Port. joined it in 1986
Grp. formed by the Treaty of Rome, 1957
Spain joined it in 1986: Abbr.

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{ Notes }

The answer EEC is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.

{ Definition }

EEC as a noun:

1. (European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe) = an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he took Britain into Europe"