U.K. Farmers Fear Australia Trade Deal Leaves Them Unprotected

  • Safeguards in provisional agreement not effective: NFU
  • U.K. farmers worry about influx of cheaper Australian meat

Cattle at a market in Bridgewater, U.K.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

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The U.K.’s National Farmers Union warned that Britain’s provisional trade agreement with Australia doesn’t do enough to protect local farms, despite extra market access being phased in over time.