American beef is set to flood the UK in a new trade deal, which British farmers warn will pile pressure on local agriculture with benefits ‘likely to be one way’.
The quota, part of a deal signed off by Donald Trump, will let 13,000 tons of beef be exported in both directions, which US groups say will be ‘a nice two-way’ with UK producers ‘benefiting equally’.
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is also talking up the deal, said to be worth up to £70 million a year for UK farmers, claiming it was the only way to ‘gain preferential access to the
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