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Old 03-12-2024, 16:17   #6026
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Re: Britain outside the EU
Let's hope Sir Steir can get a better deal for us here. It would, um, land well with farmers.
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Brexit deals £3bn blow to UK food exports as Starmer urged to strike deal with Brussels

British food sales to the EU have fallen by almost a fifth since the end of the Brexit transition period, a new report shows

British food sales to the EU have fallen by almost a fifth since Brexit, a new report shows, with campaigners calling on Sir Keir Starmer to urgently cut red tape holding back exporters.

New requirements for physical, documentary and ID checks have complicated food trade between the UK and Europe, leading to a 16.3 per cent drop each year in food exports to the EU, the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) found.

The drop-off has meant a £3bn hit to food exports on average in each of the three years since the end of the Brexit transition period, the report found...

The report piles pressure on Sir Keir ahead of further talks with EU leaders early next year and the renewal of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) underpinning UK-EU relations later in 2025.

But the PM has drawn strict red lines around a return to the single market, customs union or the EU itself.

Liz Webster, founder of the Save British Farming campaign, told The Independent that British farmers are “desperate to be set free” of the red tape “gumming up trade with our biggest market”.

“Brexit has delivered all pain with no gain for exporters and importers,” she added.

But Ms Webster said the report shows the difficulty of a “have-your-cake-and-eat-it Brexit”, with the illusive concept of sovereignty and major trade deals not marrying with the rules of the EU single market.

She said: “It is abundantly clear that the easier and vastly more popular alternative to complex and difficult SPS negotiations necessitates Keir Starmer dropping his unpopular red lines on Brexit and embracing the journey back into the single market and customs union.

“It’s way past time to admit that Brexit is a failed experiment.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2657424.html
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