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Post by Totheleft on Mar 13, 2024 6:31:27 GMT
I said before that UK Farmers will feel the Brunt of such Deal .
It is now coming to effect after such short time.
Farmers Weekly
Pressure mounts on UK government as Aussies block British beef
Michael Priestley12 March 2024
Pressure is mounting on UK government to address the much-maligned Australian free-trade deal after a shipment of British beef was blocked by Australian border controls.
An unnamed exporter was told its British beef jerky could not be shipped to Australia because the UK government had not yet requested access.
This is according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), which told Farmers Weekly there is no “reciprocal agreement” for UK beef, meaning other countries – such as South Africa – would supply the product instead.
See also: Aussie trade deal – opportunities and threats to UK farmers
Pressure is now falling on the government to not make a repeat mistake of the inequitable trade deal.
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Post by Dogburger on Mar 13, 2024 9:28:31 GMT
ALL farmers should know the Trade deal with Australia includes a 10 year phasing in period for beef and lamb products .
The unnamed exporter needs to read up on what the current state of play is ,sounds like he has dropped a clanger and wants to blame someone. Anyone but himself maybe to save face , what a plonker .
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Post by Vinny on Mar 13, 2024 10:24:33 GMT
Wrong board, the EU doesn't have an FTA with Australia.
The UK does and it's good.
Besides UK farmers faced unlimited competition from EU farmers when we were in the EU what are you afraid of?
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Post by Bentley on Mar 13, 2024 11:40:10 GMT
Maybe we will have a UK beef jerky mountain .
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Post by patman post on Mar 14, 2024 11:30:27 GMT
Wrong board, the EU doesn't have an FTA with Australia. The UK does and it's good. Besides UK farmers faced unlimited competition from EU farmers when we were in the EU what are you afraid of? What is the UK importing from Australia? Alcohol is the only item I notice. Even then, it’s competing with some good US and South American drinks… |
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Post by Vinny on Mar 14, 2024 17:14:42 GMT
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Post by patman post on Mar 14, 2024 18:54:17 GMT
Thanks. But in the greater scheme of things where UK imports are £895.6 billion and exports are £842.6 billion (2023 figures), Australia’s figures, though useful, don’t seem game changing or worth trumpeting around as an indication that the UK is profiting from (overcoming?) Brexit…
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Post by Vinny on Mar 15, 2024 9:39:39 GMT
I think you're actually missing something here, this is on top of our other free trade, not instead of.
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Post by Handyman on Mar 16, 2024 13:38:11 GMT
In the Media today
There are three ways to look at the trade “co-operation” agreement which will be signed today between the UK and the great state of Texas. The first is as a largely pointless press release, a damning indictment of pre-Brexit promises of an all-singing, all-dancing trade deal with the entire United States, not just a particularly fun bit of it.
The second is as a welcome sign of pragmatism, doing deals where one can in lieu of White House interest, and a not insignificant link-up with an economy which if independent – and let’s not give Texans any ideas – would be the 9th largest in the world.
The third way is to see it as a cowboy boot up the backside of the UK’s institutions. Texas is on the rise: a combination of growth-friendly policies, deregulated planning and housing, and a buzzing innovation ecosystem has turned places like Austin and San Antonio into tech powerhouses, complementing the economic might of Dallas and Houston.
There are lessons to be learned right across the board: salaries in Texas are flying, businesses are thriving, and the working population is spiking.
If only that was the case here. Our welfare system is now so out of whack that more than 9m people of working age are no longer looking for work. Economic growth is stagnant. Businesses complain of being strangled by regulation and the structural issues in the housing market and planning system are blindingly obvious to all who care to look. Institutions from the Treasury to the Bank of England remain focussed on everything other than growing the economy; stasis over all.
The UK is not Texas. But we could do with importing some of its get up and go in this country-operation agreement.
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Mar 16, 2024 14:09:12 GMT
British beef is one of the finest in the world. You tend to notice if you try the foreign stuff. Our farmers should stop complaining and focus on the product. As a capitalist, your product is your sword.
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