Provisions allowing the UK to sell products containing European Union parts to Canada tariff-free will expire on Monday, after the two countries failed to reach an agreement on extensions.
The breakdown in negotiations was mostly due to Canada’s insistence on the UK loosening its food safety regulations, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Canada’s agriculture and food processing market is geared toward exporting to the US, where practices such as chemical carcass-washing and hormone-injected beef and pork are commonplace. In the EU, and the UK by virtue of its former membership of the bloc, such practices are banned.
as a Canadian this is just downright embarassing, there is no one sane in the world who would accept to importing low quality goods when there are better options all around
I don’t blame them for not accepting that deal.
agreed
whoever was Canada’s negotiator is a dumbass
as a Canadian this is just downright embarassing, there is no one sane in the world who would accept to importing low quality goods when there are better options all around
That’s on the heels of British farmers protesting exactly the import of inferior products that they themselves aren’t allowed to grow.
The sooner we break away with the Americans and realign with the crown the better