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Put out to pasture? Britainâs farmers fear surge of imports from Australia
Welsh hill farmer Jonathan Huntley fears for the prospects of the family farm in the yers to come if a deal is agreed. Photograph: Karen Robinson/The Observer
Welsh hill farmer Jonathan Huntley fears for the prospects of the family farm in the yers to come if a deal is agreed. Photograph: Karen Robinson/The Observer
A trade deal could expose UK agriculture to the economic power of the southern hemisphereâs giant livestock ranches
Sat 22 May 2021 11.00 EDT
On a rain-lashed and windswept day in the Welsh valleys, Jonathan Huntley is almost at the end of the busiest six weeks of the year on his hillside farm. Lambing season is over, following the arrival of 1,400 newborns, and one of his 60 suckling cows is calving.
Canada targets British farming in wake of Australian trade deal
British farmers are concerned that the deal will ply the UK with cheap imports and leave them unable to compete
22 May 2021 • 8:00pm
Canada is seeking to secure sweeping access to the British market for its farmers in trade talks, after UK concessions to Australia threatened to open the floodgates for food imports.
Ottawa believes it can secure an ambitious deal on agriculture in negotiations later this year and hopes to take inspiration from the generous agreement set to be sealed with Australia,
The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
It came as Whitehall sources said a trade deal with Australia would pave the way for a New Zealand agreement within weeks, with Wellington expected to be offered similar terms.