Saturday 2 March 2019

Will a UK-US Trade Deal Lower Food Standards in the UK? - BBC Newsnight


Donald Trump's administration has set out its terms for a US-UK trade deal.

The terms of a post-Brexit trade deal between the US and the UK have been published. The paper calls for the removal of 'unwarranted barriers' to agricultural products and suggests tariffs might need to be adjusted due to exchange rates. Our economics editor, Ben Chu reports.

In the studio, Mark Urban is joined by Shanker Singham from the Institute of Economic Affairs and Sir Martin Donnelly, former permanent secretary at the Department of International Trade.