Agri-Food Deal in UK-EU Agreement Could Lower Food Prices

New Brexit deal to lower supermarket prices... but not for years

Sir Keir Starmer’s “historic” Brexit deal with the EU will lead to lower food prices, ministers have insisted, despite warnings from Brussels that the effects could take “years” for consumers to see the difference.The new UK-EU reset agreement will see all red tape on trade in food and drink lifted except for live animal exports, which British officials demanded amid concerns over foot and mouth disease in Europe.While the new terms have been we…

Agri-food deal in UK-EU agreement could lower food prices

Some goods will be allowed "to flow freely again" between Northern Ireland and Great Britain as the result of a new UK-EU deal, the government has said.

Business Leaders Welcome New Agreement with EU

Business leaders have welcomed a new UK agreement with the European Union. As part of the deal, a new SPS agreement will make it easier for food and drink to be imported and exported by reducing red tape. Some routine checks on animal and plant products will be removed completely, allowing goods to flow freely again, including between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK will also be able to sell various products, such as burgers and sausa…

New UK-EU deal could ease pressure on food processors

The UK food processing industry may be poised for a boost following the announcement of a new trade deal between the UK and the EU, aimed at easing some of the frictions that have disrupted cross-border food movements since Brexit.Unveiled on 19 May, the deal includes a new Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement, which will remove routine physical checks on animal and plant products crossing the Channel. For food processors, particularly tho…

UK-EU deal will soften the Irish Sea border - but Brussels intends to keep Windsor Framework as a guarantee

​A deal has been struck between London and Brussels on the trade in food, drink and plants which will have major implications for Northern Ireland and the trade border in the Irish Sea.