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The state of the UK-US trade negotiations is in the spotlight ahead of Mr Biden s inauguration. The US accounted for 15 percent of the UK’s trade in 2018 but as of yet, the two sides have yet to agree a trade deal now Britain has left the EU. While a trade deal is vital for Mr Johnson’s post-Brexit plans, Scott Lucas, professor of International Politics at Birmingham University, told Express.co.uk, a trade deal will not come until 2022 at the earliest.
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Boris Johnson will be keen to secure a trade agreement with the US this year and has declared his desire to work closely with Washington. With under two weeks left until Mr Biden takes office from Donald Trump, Express.co.uk asked in an exclusive online poll: “Should Brexit Britain pander to Joe Biden for US trade deal?” Voting on the poll, 15,436 out of 16,457 said the UK should not pander to the US.
GENE EDITING involves accentuating or suppressing genes withn an organism s own natural genetic sequence PERMISSION for gene editing in agriculture is back on the political agenda, following the launch of a Defra consultation on a potential change in UK law to allow the technology into the food chain. Under current European law, Gene Editing is lumped together with Genetic Modification, and as such is excluded from use in producing novel crop plants and livestock. Defra is touting the GE consultation as an early consequence of its post-Brexit independence from EU law, potentially giving UK farmers a tech edge over their continental counterparts.
Because of the Internal Market Bill, Scotland will have to allow the sale of genetically edited food if England decides to change its laws SCOTLAND may soon be “forced to accept the marketing, sale and free circulation” of genetically modified food as England looks to change its own laws in the area post-Brexit, the Scottish Government has warned. The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today launched a public consultation on the use of gene editing on both livestock and arable crops. Gene editing (GE) is slightly different from genetic modification (GM). While the latter involves inserting new genes into a DNA strand, GE involves the cutting and removing of undesirable parts of genes.