>Officials are understood to be conducting an analysis of the terms of the trade deal, which was announced in principle last week and will see such food products from New Zealand gain tariff-free access to the UK.
>There are fears that New Zealand lamb, beef and dairy products could be significantly cheaper on UK supermarket shelves than Irish exports.
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>The agreement, along with an agreement recently concluded with Australia, suggests that future UK trade policy will be based on full liberalisation of tariffs, which sources say will represent a significant competitive challenge for Irish food exporters to the UK market.
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No shit
It seems to me the deal with have with the EU isn’t worth the paper it’s written on if we can source goods and import them from literally the other side of the world cheaper than we can from the EU on our doorstep.
I read a similar article on the Italians not being happy that the UK is now importing more “Italian” pasta products from America than it is from Italy – its cheaper and easier importing it from the states than the EU.
Strange.
oh well.
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Great news for the UK consumer. It seems cheaper meat is on the menu.
Excellent
We should be buying Welsh/Cumbria farmed lamb and Scottish/English beef first and foremost.
The UK military and NHS etc should have a policy of buying British meat and dairy where possible. That would do a huge amount to support our farmers.
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>Officials are understood to be conducting an analysis of the terms of the trade deal, which was announced in principle last week and will see such food products from New Zealand gain tariff-free access to the UK.
>There are fears that New Zealand lamb, beef and dairy products could be significantly cheaper on UK supermarket shelves than Irish exports.
…
>The agreement, along with an agreement recently concluded with Australia, suggests that future UK trade policy will be based on full liberalisation of tariffs, which sources say will represent a significant competitive challenge for Irish food exporters to the UK market.
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No shit
It seems to me the deal with have with the EU isn’t worth the paper it’s written on if we can source goods and import them from literally the other side of the world cheaper than we can from the EU on our doorstep.
I read a similar article on the Italians not being happy that the UK is now importing more “Italian” pasta products from America than it is from Italy – its cheaper and easier importing it from the states than the EU.
Strange.
oh well.
[deleted]
Great news for the UK consumer. It seems cheaper meat is on the menu.
Excellent
We should be buying Welsh/Cumbria farmed lamb and Scottish/English beef first and foremost.
The UK military and NHS etc should have a policy of buying British meat and dairy where possible. That would do a huge amount to support our farmers.
Looks like meats back on the menu boys
Does this mean I can stop eating rats now?