Negotiations between the UK and Canada on a post-Brexit trade deal have broken down after nearly two years, following a row over beef and cheese.
Canada has been pushing for the UK to relax a ban on hormone-treated beef, which its producers say in effect shuts them out of the British market.
The UK have concerns about 245% import taxes Canada put at the start of the year on British cheese.
The UK have concerns about 245% import taxes Canada put at the start of the year on British cheese.
It will also mean the UK’s trading terms with Canada will now be worse than when it was part of the EU’s deal with the country.
Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales, said she was glad the UK government had not “given way” on hormone-treated beef.
But the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) described the news as unwelcome.
Downing Street said the government would “only negotiate deals that deliver for the British people”, and reserved the right to “pause negotiations where progress is not being made”.
Negotiations between the UK and Canada on a post-Brexit trade deal have broken down after nearly two years, following a row over beef and cheese.
The UK have concerns about 245% import taxes Canada put at the start of the year on British cheese.
Canada has been pushing for the UK to relax a ban on hormone-treated beef, which its producers say in effect shuts them out of the British market.
It will also mean the UK’s trading terms with Canada will now be worse than when it was part of the EU’s deal with the country.
The UK have concerns about 245% import taxes Canada put at the start of the year on British cheese.
The UK have concerns about 245% import taxes Canada put at the start of the year on British cheese.
It will also mean the UK’s trading terms with Canada will now be worse than when it was part of the EU’s deal with the country.
Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales, said she was glad the UK government had not “given way” on hormone-treated beef.
But the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) described the news as unwelcome.
Downing Street said the government would “only negotiate deals that deliver for the British people”, and reserved the right to “pause negotiations where progress is not being made”.
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