U.S. President Donald Trump signed an agreement on Monday formally lowering some tariffs on imports from Britain as the countries continue working toward a formal trade deal.
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U.S. and U.K. announce a trade deal, but steel imports unresolved
U.K. wheat output to swing higher in 2025/26
Wheat production fell last year for several reasons
Wheat production in the United Kingdom is forecast to turn around in 2025/26 after falling back the previous year, the United States Department of Agriculture reported on June 9.
UK retail industry plays down threat to food supplies from possible farmer strikes
Britain's retail industry on Monday played down the likelihood of possible farmer strikes over the government's inheritance tax measure impacting food availability, saying the nation's food retailers are adept at dealing with disruption.
Goodale brings ag trade experience to U.K. post
Agriculture issues are major irritants in trade deals
Since his 2021 appointment, Goodale has pushed the U.K. to drop what Canada claims to be illegal restrictions on imports of Canadian beef. Canada has also struggled with the European Union over implementation of the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) since 2014.
Meat lobby fights feds on ‘bad deal’
U.K. using non-tariff trade barriers to block Canadian meat, say key meat groups
A trio of Canadian meat associations is protesting what they call a bad trade deal in advance of the United Kingdom’s acceptance into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The recently launched “Say no to a bad deal” campaign implores the federal government to delay its acceptance of the U.K. until a
European organics ponder gene-editing coexistence
Unlike their Canadian counterparts, organic farmers across the pond haven’t contended with GMO crops at scale
United Kingdom and European Union organic groups are pushing for coexistence strategies as their governments debate how to regulate gene-edited crops. The problem is that the very idea of gene-edited crops is anathema to their sector. “The credibility of organically certified produce is built on the confidence of the shopper that they are choosing to
U.K. to increase rapeseed, product output in 2023-24
Input costs seen down so far this year
MarketsFarm — With the rapeseed crop in the United Kingdom estimated at 66 per cent good to excellent, the U.S. Department of Agriculture attaché in London, forecast production for 2023-24 to be 1.38 million tonnes. That would make for a 1.4 per cent increase over the 2022-23 crop. While the attaché pegged planted and harvest
Beef sector rips ‘unjust’ result as talks wrap on U.K. entry to CPTPP
Dairy sector calls for 'vigilant' enforcement on British imports
Negotiations have concluded for the United Kingdom to join Canada and its 10 partner nations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade pact, with Canada’s beef cattle sector already calling the results “fundamentally unjust.” Federal Trade Minster Mary Ng on Thursday announced the conclusion of negotiations, making the U.K. the first accession applicant to reach that
Half of Britain’s free range Christmas turkeys lost to bird flu crisis
Britons may struggle to get a free-range turkey or goose for the Christmas table this year after an industry head said about half of them had either died or been culled due to the country’s largest-ever outbreak of avian flu. Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, told lawmakers that British farmers usually
British meat industry warns new red tape could hammer exports to EU
New U.K. government regulations set to come into force in December could prevent thousands of British meat producers from exporting to the European Union, the industry has warned. The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said a requirement that farms wishing to export to the EU provide documents signed by veterinarians that confirm visits to farms
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