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Originally Posted by ianch99
One example is if a US trade mandates changes in food standards e.g. hormone-treated beef, etc. then these could compromise our food exports to the EU.
To my mind if you seek to harmonise regulatory alignment with the EU to reduce the ongoing costs of Brexit then you would find it very difficult to make changes due to US trade demands and still square the circle.
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It's unlikely the US would demand we only sell hormone treated beef, they may demand we buy it though.
in any event let's take that argument at face value.
Do you think it is beyond the capability of our farmers to produce beef for both markets?
And it may be that the US market for hormone-treated beef eclipses the EU market, so we may not care if it compromised our EU exports.
Many positions can be held.
Markets decide.