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UK-US trade deal: Envoy attacks 'myths' about US farming
Source: BBC
UK-US trade deal: Envoy attacks 'myths' about US farming
2 March 2019
Fears over chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-fed beef are "myths", according to the US ambassador to the UK.
Writing in the Telegraph, Woody Johnson urged the UK to embrace US farming methods after Washington published its objectives for a UK-US trade deal.
EU rules currently limit US exports of certain food products, including chicken and beef - but Mr Johnson wants that to change in the UK after Brexit.
Downing Street has repeatedly denied it will accept lower food standards.
A No 10 spokeswoman said: "We have always been very clear that we will not lower our food standards as part of a future trading agreement."
Mr Johnson, however, described warnings over US farming practices as "inflammatory and misleading" smears from "people with their own protectionist agenda".
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2 March 2019
Fears over chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-fed beef are "myths", according to the US ambassador to the UK.
Writing in the Telegraph, Woody Johnson urged the UK to embrace US farming methods after Washington published its objectives for a UK-US trade deal.
EU rules currently limit US exports of certain food products, including chicken and beef - but Mr Johnson wants that to change in the UK after Brexit.
Downing Street has repeatedly denied it will accept lower food standards.
A No 10 spokeswoman said: "We have always been very clear that we will not lower our food standards as part of a future trading agreement."
Mr Johnson, however, described warnings over US farming practices as "inflammatory and misleading" smears from "people with their own protectionist agenda".
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47426138
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Related: Europe is a museum – we are the future of farming, says US ambassador (The Telegraph)
