British beef farmers' hormone fears ahead of US-UK trade deal

Farage the farmers’ friend wants to sell them out

Reform’s leader joined the tractor protests but backs a US trade deal that would harm UK agriculture

Farmers fear chlorinated chicken is coming to the UK in US trade deal 'sell out'

UK trade negotiators are coming under “huge pressure” to weaken Britain’s food and animal welfare standards, sparking fears among farmers that they will be sold out in a bid to secure a US trade deal.Hopes are rising within Whitehall that a deal will be secured with the White House within weeks, as the Government aims to avoid being hit with a rash of tariffs under Donald Trump’s new trade regime.However, as the negotiations come to a head, the …

'I would not eat chlorinated chicken': Kemi Badenoch warns food standards cannot be diluted in US trade deal

'I would not eat chlorinated chicken': Kemi Badenoch warns food standards cannot be diluted in US trade deal - Kemi Badenoch has said she would not eat chlorine-washed chicken imported from the US and said that UK food standards must not be diluted to get a trade deal with the US

British beef farmers' hormone fears ahead of US-UK trade deal

Different rules on farming standards on either side of the Atlantic could make a trade deal tricky

Rural communities could be destroyed if UK signs US trade deal, says former food tsar

submitted by RubberDuck to uk_politics10 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/17/rural-communities-could-be-destroyed-if-uk-signs-us-trade-deal-says-former-food-tsarBritain’s rural communities could be “destroyed”, the former government food tsar has said, if ministers sign a US trade deal that undercuts British farming standards. Ministers are working on a new trade deal with the US, after previous post-Brexit att…