Source: Adam Payne, BUSINESS INSIDER, 7/9/20


A series of leading UK supermarkets have told Business Insider that they will never sell chlorinated chicken or hormone-injected beef from the US, in a blow to those pushing for UK food standards to be dropped in order to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with Trump. The Trump administration has insisted that US agricultural goods must be included in any free trade agreement between the two countries. The UK's current strict food standards prohibit such products from being imported. However, Boris Johnson's government last month opened the door to dropping the ban on the products once Britain leaves EU trade rules in 2021.

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