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Transatlantic Trade Deal Concerns

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Could the transatlantic trade deal currently being negotiated between the US and the EU be disastrous for UK farmers?

The environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth is warning that a transatlantic trade deal currently being negotiated between the US and the EU would be disastrous for UK farmers. The charity says the United States has the benefit of large-scale, intensive farms with lower standards, which means our markets could be flooded with cheaper food including beef and chicken. But Acting Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Agriculture, Michael Scuse, says farmers on both sides of the Atlantic will benefit.
Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Sally Challoner.

13 minutes

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  • Thu 28 Apr 2016 05:45

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