Economics
U.S. to Demand Agricultural Access in Future U.K. Trade Deal
- British government has pledged not to lower food standards
- U.K. says it will publish own objectives for deal ‘shortly’
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The U.S. laid out its vision for a sweeping trade deal with post-Brexit Britain -- and it’s likely to raise alarm bells in London.
President Donald Trump’s administration published its “negotiating objectives” for a future trade agreement late Thursday, including “comprehensive access” for agricultural goods and a demand to remove “unwarranted barriers” to trade in the farm industry related to health and safety checks.