UK Rules out Trade Deals Which Undercut Food Standards
Britain will not sign trade deals with potential suppliers such as the U.S. that open the way for food imports that are produced in a way that would be illegal for the country's farmers, environment and farming minister Steven Reed said on Tuesday.
"We will not undercut standards in trade deals. The previous government did that with the Australia deal to the fury of the sector and we have ruled that out," Reed told the National Farmers' Union's annual conference.
Reed said the import of hormone-treated...
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