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[–] LimpRimble@lemmy.ca 30 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The breakdown in negotiations was mostly due to Canada’s insistence on the UK loosening its food safety regulations, according to several people familiar with the matter.

Canada’s agriculture and food processing market is geared toward exporting to the US, where practices such as chemical carcass-washing and hormone-injected beef and pork are commonplace. In the EU, and the UK by virtue of its former membership of the bloc, such practices are banned.

I don't blame them for not accepting that deal.

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

agreed

whoever was Canada's negotiator is a dumbass

as a Canadian this is just downright embarassing, there is no one sane in the world who would accept to importing low quality goods when there are better options all around

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago

That's on the heels of British farmers protesting exactly the import of inferior products that they themselves aren't allowed to grow.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The sooner we break away with the Americans and realign with the crown the better