17-04-2025 19:38 via theguardian.com

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

Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby joins farmers in voicing fears of lower standards and a poor deal for British food producersBritain’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 attempts stalled. Unpopular agreements signed at the time with Australia and New Zealand featured tariff-free acces
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Article: Ban Hatch and Dispatch
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