Trade Agreements
(asked on 8th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she has taken to protect domestic food standards when negotiating free trade agreements.
This question was answered on 16th June 2022
We have not and will not compromise on our high food safety through our trade negotiations. These decisions are made independently of free trade agreements (FTAs).
The independent Trade and Agriculture Commission considers whether our FTAs affect the United Kingdom’s statutory protections in relation to animal or plant life or health, animal welfare, and the environment - and recently concluded that the United Kingdom-Australia FTA does not.