Post-Brexit trade deals and serious obstacles when it comes to food

Saturday, July 29th 2017 - 11:46 UTC

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As the United Kingdom begins contacts to negotiate new trade deals as it leaves the EU in 2019, food will be one of many areas that will need to be addressed. The ongoing spat over chlorine chicken highlights how tastes and safety practices around the world can differ hugely, since what might seem normal practice in one country can seem problematic elsewhere. Read full article

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“but this has been banned in the EU since 1997. UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said the UK should not allow these imports in a post-Brexit trade deal with the US”

...an EU ban did you say...?
Let's all think about that for a minute...
...Duh!...
Jul 29th, 2017 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Kipper
The question is why is this piece appearing in Mercopenguin, a British government propaganda organ supposedly devoted to America, South America and the “South Atlantic”?
Jul 31st, 2017 - 02:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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