Exploring the way forward on Core Environmental Standards - Extended

Background In response to widespread concerns from UK farmers, environmentalists, and the public about the direction of the UK trade policy on food, the government has reiterated its manifesto promise that trade deals will not compromise on the UK's high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards. The government has promised to maintain food standards i.e. it's Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) rules, and it holds imports to many of these standards via retained legislation that prohibits the sale in...