We still await answers from enthusiastic MPs and indeed the Secretary of State as to whether we'd apply to join TPP with an exemption from difficult clauses such as those which would mean adopting US food standards in preference to EU ones e.g. the infamous chlorinated chicken
At risk of everyone getting bored I'm going to keep asking these questions because trade agreements involve choices, and at the moment too many Ministers and MPs are pretending otherwise. Fine to make informed choices, not fine to pretend the problem away
Just come across this clip of Liam Fox saying "we will maintain UK standards in food" which isn't at all ambiguous. If he sticks with the line we could only join CPTPP with an exemption which members have said is not on offer msn.com/en-gb/news/ukn…
