Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
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Boris Johnson's US trade deal hopes face new blow as peers set to block chlorinated chicken imports
Exclusive: Lords to slam brakes on watering down of food and animal welfare standards – demanded by Washington – to stop UK being sold ‘down the river’
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Boris Johnson is facing a damaging defeat that would block imports of chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef, in a fresh blow to his hopes of a post-Brexit trade deal with the US.
Peers are poised to slam the brakes on any watering down of food and animal welfare standards – to stop ministers selling the country “down the river”, one former government adviser told The Independent.
This is good but I can see the weakness in their plan straight away. I believe that our greatest protection will come from Congress blocking the deal. Apparently support there for the Good Friday Agreement is bipartisan and likely to scupper Johnsons shitty deal.