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UK-US Trade Deal

Proposals for a bilateral trade deal between the UK and the US, following the referendum for Britain to leave the European Union (EU), raise concerns that food safety and environmental standards in the UK may be weakened. Measures to allow the import of more GM crops might be included in the proposed deal.

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  • Daily Mail: US farming is tasteless, toxic and cruel - and its monstrous practices have no place here: Radio 4’s veteran food presenter Sheila Dillon decries ministers' dangerous plans (19th September 2020)

  • Huffington Post: Younger Leave Voters Want To Keep Or Boost EU Regulation After Brexit, Poll Suggests (18th May 2020)

  • Reuters: U.S., UK launch post-Brexit video trade talks amid coronavirus recession (5th May 2020)

  • The National: FACT CHECK: Will a US trade deal lead to chlorinated chicken in UK? (5th March 2020)

  • The Grocer: US trade deal could 'do more harm than good' to UK economy (4th March 2020)

  • Daily Mail: Britain could be served up GM 'Frankenfood' in US trade deal... (3rd March 2020)

  • The Sun: GM GRUB Supermarkets could be stocked with genetically modified food under future UK-US trade deal (3rd March 2020)

  • The Guardian: It's not just chlorinated chicken: five foods a US trade deal could bring to the UK (2nd March 2020)

  • Politics Home: Ministers vow 'no compromise' on food standards in UK-US deal amid chlorine chicken fears (2nd March 2020)

  • i:Post-Brexit trade talks: US deal could lead to genetically modified food entering UK markets (2nd March 2020)

  • CityAM: Exclusive: Did someone say chicken? UK preparing to break with EU on food safety at WTO meeting (20th February 2020)

  • Food Navigator: UK opens door to GM food imports as PM Johnson attacks 'hysterical fears' about US food standards (4th February 2020)

  • The Guardian: Boris Johnson hints at allowing GM food imports from US (3rd February 2020)

  • The i: Boris Johnson says Britain could import genetically modified food from US under Brexit trade deal (3rd February 2020)

  • Reuters: Trump's 'massive' U.S.-UK trade deal faces big hurdles (27th January 2020)

  • Food Ingredients First: Leaked documents: Expose on post-Brexit trade workings reveals US hopes to capitalize on lowered food safety standards (2nd December 2019)

  • EurActiv: UK faced with EU-US biotechnology dilemma post-Brexit (28th November 2019)

  • The Independent: Brexit: Boris Johnson moves to scrap environment safeguards to get deal with Trump (4th October 2019)

  • The National: French ambassador to US says UK will suffer in post-Brexit trade deal (19th April 2019)

  • EurActiv: British farmers fear US pressure on GMOs after Brexit (26th February 2019)

  • Huffington Post: Here's What US Lobbyists Want Donald Trump To Get From A Post-Brexit Trade Deal (8th February 2019)

  • The Scotish Farmer: After Brexit, genetic modification and growth promoters are on the US trade agenda (30th Januay 2019)

  • iNews: America’s farming and car giants demand Trump administration bargain down UK standards for post-Brexit trade deal (21st January 2019)

  • Business Insider: Trump tells May to abandon 'unjustified' food standards for Brexit trade deal (17th October 2018)

  • Insurge Intelligence: Exposed: The Tory-Trump plan to kill food safety with Brexit chicken (20th February 2018)

  • The Observer: Revealed: rightwing groups plot to ditch EU safety standards on food and drugs (17th February 2018)

  • The Independent: Britain must scrap EU rules and allow chlorine-washed chicken if it wants post-Brexit trade deal with US, Trump adviser says (7th November 2017)

  • Huffington Post: How Brexit Could Force UK Farmers To Lower Standards To Compete With US Meat Market (7th October 2017)

  • STV: UK could strike free trade deals without Scottish consent (19th August 2017)

  • Herald: No Scottish or Welsh government assurances in post-Brexit free trade deal talks (20th August 2017)

  • Stratfor: Agriculture: Sowing the Seeds of Global Trade Competition (3rd August 2017)

  • The Herald: Chlorinated Chicken Brexit: how feeble May endangers Scotland's food industry (30th July)

  • BBC: Inside a US/UK trade deal (25th July 2017)

  • Sky News: Liam Fox 'open' to importing US chlorinated chicken (24th July 2017)

  • The Independent: Brexit: Theresa May refuses to rule out weakening of food standards in trade deal with US (24th July 2017)

  • BBC: UK and US to start talks on post-Brexit trade deal (24th July 2017)

  • The Grocer: Three-quarters of Brits would reject US 'frankenfoods' (20th April 2017)

  • Food Navigator: US deal will flood UK market with food people don't want, warns respected academic (24th February 2017)

  • FruitNet: US-UK deal threatens standards (30th January 2017)

  • The Observer: Is chlorinated chicken about to hit our shelves after new US trade deal? (29th January 2017)

• External links
  • UKTPO: UK food safety Statutory Instruments: A problem for US-UK negotiations? (12th September 2019)

  • APPG REPORT: What impact new trade agreements will have on UK food and farming (10th October 2017)

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