Admission lays bare limited benefits of ‘ambitious’ agreement with Donald Trump.
Boost to UK economy from US trade deal could be 450 times smaller than loss from no-deal Brexit, government analysis finds
03/03/2020
Official document puts likely benefits of free trade agreement with Donald Trump at below 0.2 per cent of GDP – and possibly as little as 0.02 per cent.
Leaked letter instructs ministers to have ‘no specific policy’ on the issue.
The grocer also promised to avoid America’s hormone-injected beef and to only sell British produce.
Trust British consumers to choose whether to buy US chlorinated chicken, Tory minister says
09/06/2020
But consumers may not be given information about US meat.
Minister previously said "we are not going to see reductions in our standards" after Brexit.
Charity fears ‘inertia or a lack of commitment’ in government could lead laws to ‘vanish into thin air’. / Laws protecting animals in the UK are at risk of being scrapped because of Brexit, the RSPCA has warned.
Senior figures in Scotland and Wales warn Brexit is bringing a ‘statutory fist crashing down’.
Fresh seafood and baby chicks will be the only goods allowed to skip hours-long customs queues at UK border
05/08/2020
The two perishable products have been exempted from rules on how to manage traffic approaching the port of Dover.
Campaigners hail dramatic government climbdown in battle to protect post-Brexit food standards
01/11/2020
Watchdog to finally get teeth to block chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef imports
Air pollution enforcement and chemical regulations could be undermined after UK leaves EU, say campaigners.
Liz Truss forced to drop post-Brexit US trade deal as ‘reality’ caught up with her, ex-aide says
21/09/2022
It was long touted as one of the biggest prizes of Brexit, but Liz Truss has finally been forced to drop the Government’s plan to strike a free trade deal with the US.
The NFU has said everything must to be done to avoid a no deal Brexit, and the catastrophic impact this could have on British farming.
A UK-US trade deal is highly unlikely to be approved before the US election in November, according to Donald Trump’s chief trade representative.
Soil Association raises concerns over chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef.
WHEN asked whether US food standards would ever be accepted in post-Brexit Britain, the unequivocal response from Cabinet Minister Michael Gove was “over my dead body”.
Proposals due to be published on Thursday by the UK Government will see powers in at least 70 policy areas previously controlled by the EU flow instead to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast
MPs have overturned measures designed to protect domestic food standards in future trade deals, amid fears over chlorinated chicken.
MPs have stirred a debate after voting on 'New Clause 17' - an amendment giving 'cast-iron' protection to the NHS in a trade deal. Tory MPs did not support it - but a handful did rebel over the issue more widely
‘We will never compromise on the standards or specifications of our products,’ says supermarket boss.
Whether there is a Brexit deal or not, the Scottish and UK governments are heading into another constitutional standoff with legislation to set up an "internal market" passing through Westminster. What is the latest row all about?
Concern is growing among farmers and unions about the importation of lower quality food to the UK, post-Brexit.
Britain must abandon EU rules in post-Brexit trade deal with Brussels, Liz Truss claims as she dismisses chlorinated chicken fears
28/09/2020
The final round of trade negotiations between the UK and the EU begins on Tuesday and runs for the rest of the week.
Fears of dead chicks in lorries and 10 months of ports chaos detailed in new government document
04/08/2020
Emergency traffic measures to last until ‘end of October 2021’ – with a giant lorry park to hold 2,000 goods vehicles.
Fed-up farmers broke off from the busy harvest schedule to travel to Westminster today (Wednesday 8 July) and tell Boris Johnson’s government “don’t destroy Britain’s world-class farming industry by striking cheap food trade deals”.