Costly medicines and pus in milk: a Brexit trade deal that’ll make you sick | Nick Dearden

The US trade barriers list shows that Liam Fox could let more than just chlorinated chicken into the UK. The public deserve to know the details

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The British public is already scared about a trade deal with the US. They don’t care for chickens washed in chlorine, nor for cows stuffed with hormones. But this week, an epic US document setting out the barriers to foreign trade it would like to remove shows that these concerns are just the tip of the iceberg.

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A whopping 82% of Brits would rather not have a trade deal with the US than sacrifice decent food standards

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