US to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal
by Michael Savage Policy editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6SY3T)
US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmers
The United States is expected to push Britain to allow tariff-free access to high-quality American meat as part of any trade deal signed under the incoming Trump administration, amid interest from the president-elect's trade chief.
Previous attempts to forge an agreement with the US have failed. Demands to allow the import of chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef - produced in the US but illegal in the UK - have proved too unpalatable for British ministers.
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