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UK rules out trade deals which undercut food standards

Feb. 25, 2025 at 10:12 am CST

Britain says it will not sign trade deals with potential suppliers such as the U.S. that open the way for food imports that are produced in a way that would be illegal for the country's farmers.

Thousands of British farmers protest against ‘tractor tax’ on inheritance

Nov. 19, 2024 at 2:24 pm CST

By Reuters Sarah Young

Britain pauses talks on Canada free trade deal over agriculture

Jan. 25, 2024 at 5:15 pm CST

By David Ljunggren Reuters

U.K. to increase rapeseed, product output in 2023-24

May. 15, 2023 at 4:16 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Beef sector rips ‘unjust’ result as talks wrap on U.K. entry to CPTPP

Mar. 31, 2023 at 1:31 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Beef cattle producers ‘encouraged’ by new CPTPP applicants

Oct. 29, 2021 at 8:40 am CDT

With their exports on an upswing, the organization for Canada’s beef cattle producers says it’s “encouraged to see other countries’ interest” in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bloc. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association on Oct. 18 noted the official applications to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) from […]

By Dave Bedard

Regulations on gene-edited crops to be eased in England

Sep. 28, 2021 at 7:18 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Britain’s farming and environment minister George Eustice announced Wednesday that regulations related to gene editing in agricultural research would be eased in England following a public consultation. Rules will now largely be aligned with conventional breeding methods for research and development into plants although scientists will […]

By Reuters

Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock

Sep. 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Britain warned its food producers on Wednesday to prepare for a 400 per cent rise in carbon dioxide prices after extending emergency state support to avert a shortage of poultry and meat triggered by soaring costs of wholesale natural gas. Natural gas prices have spiked this […]

By Guy Faulconbridge James Davey Kate Holton

U.K. meat industry warns of threat to supplies from CO2 crisis

Sep. 20, 2021 at 3:40 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Some of Britain’s meat processors will run out of carbon dioxide (CO2) within five days, forcing them to halt production and impacting supplies to food retailers, the head of the industry’s lobby group warned on Monday. A jump in gas prices has forced several domestic energy […]

By James Davey

U.K. to ask to join Trans-Pacific trading bloc ‘shortly’

Jan. 20, 2021 at 6:36 pm CST

London | Reuters — Britain will soon submit its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade bloc, trade minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday. Since deciding to leave the European Union, a process it completed at the end of 2020, Britain has been seeking […]

By William James

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