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Deal with EU will make food cheaper and add £9bn to UK economy, says No 10 (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago by rah@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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The deal – which will grant EU fishers access to British waters for an additional 12 years – will remove checks on a significant number of food products as well as a deeper defence partnership and agreements on carbon taxes.

The UK said the deal would make “food cheaper, slash red tape, open up access to the EU market”. But the trade-off for the deal was fishing access and rights for an additional 12 years – more than the UK had offered – which is likely to lead to cries of betrayal from the industry.

The two sides will also begin talks for a “youth experience scheme”, first reported in the Guardian, which could allow young people to work and travel freely in Europe again and mirror existing schemes the UK has with countries such as Australia and New Zealand.

The government said it would put £360m of modernisation support back into coastal communities as part of the deal, a tacit acknowledgment of the concession.

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[–] rah@feddit.uk -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

also on items we sell to ourselves

You're claiming that the deal with the EU contains clauses which obligate the UK to use the EU's rules for food sold domestically in the UK?

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

States it in the article

[–] rah@feddit.uk 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I can't see any mention of domestic sales, could you quote the part you're referring to?

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Reread.

Alignment of UK food standards. Means our own standards must continue to meet the EUs.

This is the only reason the EU will ever accept removal of documentation confirming the standards followed in food it will eat.

And exactly what remainers claimed about EU trade throughout the ref.

It is also the exact reason the US trade deals keep failing. Their food standards do not meet ours. So importing US food into the UK would mean deals like this. Where our food standards must align are impossible.

It really is not that complex. If your standards don't meet those of the folks your selling to. Your companies are required to proove the items sold meet their standards not yours. Hence all the last 4 years of difficulties selling to the EU. Has been created by brexiters insisting we should not follow EU aligned standards. Creating the same mountains of paperwork any nation with differing standards face selling to the EU.

The same reason the US wants us to accept chlorinated chicken. So they do not have to proove all their chicken is kept to the same standards we currently require.

They can sell chicken to us now if they are willing to breed it as we do and provide evidence at each import that they did so. Just like we are with the EU now.

But a trade deal giving them simple trade would require alignment between our rules.

All those ISO EN and CE standards you see on electronics and toys. Are the same thing for non food standards. If China wants to sell crap to the UK they need that documention. Of course it's up to the UK to enforce those standards. Hence why non aligned crap gets in. But food tends to be closer watched.