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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; ...
Post-Brexit we will return to an outdated way of approving trade deals, with little role for Parliament, despite the huge implications of a US deal for public policy, health standards and the environment.
US lobby groups for agriculture and pharmaceutical firms want UK standards changed to be closer to those of the US in a post-Brexit trade deal.
They want to tear up our green regulations so they can plunder and pollute the environment for profit.
Big firms want Donald Trump to play hard ball over the NHS, food quality and consumer rights.
We discuss the key potential upsides, possible risks and principal negotiating issues from both US and UK perspectives. We conclude that it is highly unlikely that a free trade deal between the US and the UK will be secured in the near term and that the likely potential benefits for British businesses are less than often suggested.
Donald Trump’s trade representative to demand greater access for agricultural goods.
The US has outlined its objectives for a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK, demanding greater access to the food markets where products such as chlorinated chicken or hormone-fed beef are currently banned under EU rules.
Minister previously said "we are not going to see reductions in our standards" after Brexit.
I’m an American who lives in Britain. Trust me, the last thing we need is chlorinated chicken
03/03/2019
US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, accused the EU of prioritising ‘history and tradition over innovation and science’. Perhaps, but at least we have high food standards.
Nationalists welcome Irish-American Brexit pressure as congressmen add voice to business leaders
02/03/2019
A WARNING by the powerful Irish-American business lobby that a US-UK trade deal would be blocked in the event of a hard Brexit has been welcomed by nationalists.
Meghan Markle reportedly concerned about food standards similar to US amid Brexit chlorinated chicken row
06/03/2019
The Duchess of Sussex has added her voice to the growing concern surrounding low quality US food, reportedly commenting on how “badly wrong the US food systems are”.
While Americans insist the practice of washing chicken in chlorine is completely safe, critics argue it can be used to compensate for poor hygiene or contamination at other stages of the production process.
US trade deal would mean ‘submitting to someone else’s wishes’, academic says.
How a post-Brexit trade deal with the US could make life-saving drugs unaffordable for the NHS
10/03/2019
The UK is going to be at a distinct disadvantage in this negotiation – desperate for a deal the US could happily live without.
Rising star in Democratic Party worries that any damage to the EU is a ‘gift’ to Russia.
Brexit trade deals will be worse than current EU deals, says Liam Fox's former trade chief
24/03/2019
Countries are likely to offer the United Kingdom worse trade deals than it currently enjoys as a member of the European Union, the former head of Liam Fox's International Trade Department has told Business Insider.
The government has spent $15.9m (£12m) on a luxury apartment in New York for a British diplomat working to negotiate trade deals with the US.
The United States would not strike a wideranging trade deal with Britain after Brexit if a hard border was restored between Ireland and Northern Ireland, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Monday.
US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the prospect of a post-Brexit US-UK trade deal rests on maintaining the Good Friday Agreement.
Pelosi warns US will not strike Brexit trade deal with UK if Good Friday Agreement is undermined
16/04/2019
Speaker of the US House of Representatives says peace treaty could not be 'bargained away in another agreement'. / Nancy Pelosi has said there will be no chance of a US trade deal with the UK if the Good Friday Agreement is undermined by Brexit.
US House of Representatives speaker visited the Irish border on Thursday morning.
A senior Labour figure has stamped on talk of an early deal with Theresa May to rescue Brexit, warning her proposals would see private US health giants “getting their hands” on the NHS.
It will be much harder for the UK to seek a US trade deal with a Trump administration that's more focused on trade wars."