The government has refreshed the Trade and Agriculture Commission (T&AC), the body formed in 2019 to advise it on the implications of post-Brexit trade deals with other countries. The body was first established under trade secretary...
The Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC), the body established last year after public and industry pressure on the government to address the issue of food standards within a new UK trade policy, has released its first report. The TAC was created in June last year,...
During last year’s Parliamentary debate on the Agriculture Bill, government voted down amendments designed to protect UK food standards by stopping imported products made under inferior conditions from undercutting them. This was despite agrifood industry pressure and...
One of the two controversial amendments to the Agriculture Bill has been settled in the latest round of Parliamentary “ping pong”, but the other remains in play. The draft Bill returned to the House of Commons for debate yesterday (Wednesday November 4th). In...
The UK agricultural supply trade has called on the government to protect UK food standards in future trade deals while removing trade barriers. The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), representing both the importers and exporters within its membership, has...