The Agri Brigade
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HE government announced a deal with the EU to ease red tape on food trade at the same time as it has achieved a post-Brexit trade deal with the US that includes some food products. Given the very different food production standards in the EU and US, is one deal set to conflict with the other?
It’s understandable that the government should seek to ease bureaucratic barriers for UK food destined for the EU. Since Brexit, British food and drink exports to the EU have plummeted by an alarming 21 percent in value and 34 percent in volume. (Despite this, the EU is still the most important market for UK food and drink exports, accounting for 61.8 percent of the total.)