The US-UK trade deal submissions are now closed, but shall we look at the trade deal preparations from the other side of the Atlantic?
17/01/2019
In this thread Steve Analyst reviews submissions from US businesses on their requirements for a US-UK trade deal including: lower food, contamination and safety standards; removing labels for traceability; admission of GMO; ...
Big firms want Donald Trump to play hard ball over the NHS, food quality and consumer rights.
Wanting to forge new trading relationships after Brexit and securing them are two very different things.
Historian Sir Simon Schama has warned that Donald Trump is a president "ready to pounce" in the event of a no-deal Brexit as he criticised the US ambassador.
The EU executive has already prepared the ground for a new initiative on gene editing to overhaul the current GMO legislation, EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan has said.
British farmers could get the chance to plant genetically modified crops as part of Boris Johnson's Brexit plans.
An NHS sell-off, lower food standards and secretive corporate courts: the battles facing Britain's new trade secretary
26/07/2019
Boris Johnson’s new trade secretary will be tasked with negotiating as many new trade deals as possible. Here are some fault-lines expected to emerge over the coming months.
The UK must accept US food standards as part of any future trade deal with Washington, the head of America's farming lobby has said.
British farmers fear they could go out of business following a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, the National Farmers Union has told the BBC.
Boris Johnson accused of eyeing post-Brexit US trade deal by ripping out food safeguards imposed by parliament
26/10/2019
‘This is clearly an attempt to make it harder for the public and parliament to ensure protections are not traded away’
Border checks between Scotland, England and Wales could be required because of varying food standards after Brexit, academics have warned.
BORDER checks between Scotland, England and Wales could be required because of varying food standards after Brexit, academics have warned.
Admission lays bare limited benefits of ‘ambitious’ agreement with Donald Trump.
If Britain wants a trade deal with the US, it must accept American food standards, including those allowing genetic modification and chicken to be washed in chlorine, the head of America’s farming lobby has said.
As the UK begins to negotiate trade deals with countries around the world, do you want the food you eat to continue to be produced to the world leading standards you’ve come to expect? Sign our food standards petition and ask the UK government to ensure all food imports are produced to the same high standards as British farmers.
Senior figures in Scotland and Wales warn Brexit is bringing a ‘statutory fist crashing down’.
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
Safeguards over data, pay and conditions, GM foods, hedge funds and disposal of old vehicles should all be binned, Daniel Hannan says.
Tory peer urges Boris Johnson to scrap EU worker and environmental protections now Brexit is done
07/01/2021
A Tory peer recently ennobled by Boris Johnson has urged the prime minister to remove EU consumer and worker protections now that Brexit has happened.
Government to consult on enabling gene edited crop plants and livestock, as scientists tout the potential for a Brexit advantage
A HIGHLY criticised Brexit consultation that has raised fears Scotland will be flooded with so-called Frankenstein foods ends on Wednesday.
Use Brexit to grow GM crops, bring back imperial measurements and scrap GDPR, taskforce urges
15/06/2021
The newly created Taskforce for Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform has identified more than 100 ‘Brexit dividends’.
No hint of contrition or constructiveness in article by Lord Frost and Brandon Lewis... just menace.
JAMES BALL examines the areas where Britain is now feeling the painful consequences of its departure from the EU.