Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, reportedly plans to remove EU food standards in a bid to aid a US-UK trade deal post-Brexit, claims Business Insider. Despite government statements that standards will not be slackened, Fox, it is claimed, seeks to use "Henry VIII" statutory instruments with the Trade Bill that permit the government's re-writing of legislation without a parliamentary vote. The EU's strict regulations do not allow some UK food products, such as chlorine-washed chicken, within the market, but, to make a US-UK trade deal more viable, the US may need to scrap the EU rules.
Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, reportedly plans to remove EU food standards in a bid to aid a UK-US trade deal post-Brexit, claims Business Insider. Despite government statements that standards will not be slackened, Fox, it is claimed, seeks to use "Henry VIII" statutory instruments with the Trade Bill that permit the government's re-writing of legislation without a parliamentary vote. The EU's strict regulations do not allow some US food products, such as chlorine-washed chicken, within the market, but, to make a UK-US trade deal more viable, the UK may need to scrap the EU rules.