The UK’s trade agreement with Australia led to British farmers and associations voicing concerns about unfair competition and a lowering of food standards.
Otto English dissects the disadvantages that a free trade agreement between the two countries would bring to the UK.
Post-Brexit food standards
08/03/2019
On Feb 28, 2019, the US Trade Representative (USTR) published the US negotiating position on a post-Brexit US–UK trade deal. USTR made clear that the UK must abandon the EU's high food safety, animal welfare, and environmental protection standards as a condition for agreeing the kind of deal many Brexiteers desire.
It is one of the starkest of all Brexit contradictions. The most strident supporters of the project want to leave the EU because it imposes demands upon the UK, but then also secure a trade deal with the US which would involve accepting a whole new set of obligations.
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.
Wanting to forge new trading relationships after Brexit and securing them are two very different things.
They want to tear up our green regulations so they can plunder and pollute the environment for profit.