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Britain must allow US chlorine-washed chicken into UK markets if it wants relief from sweeping tariffs, Donald Trump has indicated.

It comes after the UK failed to avoid tariffs imposed on the global economy, with the US president slapping a 10 per cent levies on all British exports to the United States.

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In a statement published alongside the tariff announcement, the White House said: “The UK maintains non-science-based standards that severely restrict US exports of safe, high-quality beef and poultry products.”

It suggested that Britain’s ban on chlorinated chicken was among a range of “non-tariff barriers” that limit the US’s ability to trade.

The UK has long ruled out allowing imports of chlorine-washed chicken from the US due to health concerns, with Downing Street on Thursday reiterating its manifesto commitment to high food standards.

Asked whether the UK could allow imports of chlorine washed chicken in order to appease the US, the prime minister’s officials spokesperson said: “Our position on that is unchanged. You’ve got the manifesto commitment on food standards, which obviously remains.”

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The last major polling done on the issue, conducted in 2020, revealed that 80 per cent of Britons are opposed to allowing imports to the UK, and the same proportion is also against allowing chicken products that have been farmed using hormones.

There is also growing pressure from the farming industry to rule out concessions on the issue, amid fears it could undercut British farmers and drive down food standards.

Nigel Farage admitted he would allow American chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the UK as part of a free trade deal with the US.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or, here's a crazy idea, the US could start meeting the basic safety and animal welfare standards that the entirety of Europe long ago decided was the basic minimum required for something to be suitable for human consumption.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Then how could they poison everyone as cheaply as possible?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"I'll drop the tariffs for EU if they accept American beer" -Trump, next week

(I don't have much against American beer. But you have to understand that this joke absolutely had to be made. There was no other possible outcome.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

For now it's a "joke", next week it'll be recorded history

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's no way that the uk is going to be ok with this. It's gross and not how the world works. Stop it America

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Don't be so sure, did you see the quote fom next UK prime minister.

A total cunt admitted he would allow American chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the UK as part of a free trade deal with the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I hope the people of the UK avoid buying it

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Or, and here me out here, the UK and EU arrange the most passive aggressive reconciliation ever by removing trade tariffs from one another, then slap a huge tax on any assets owned by the ruler of a foreign nation in their territory.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Chlorinated chicken dipped in swimming pool water

[–] [email protected] 147 points 1 week ago (9 children)

A 2014 report by US non-profit Consumer Reports found that 97 per cent of 300 American chicken breasts tested contained harmful bacteria, including Salmonella, campylobacter and E.Coli.

Around half of the chicken breasts tested also contained at least one type of bacteria that was resistant to three or more antibiotics.

Meanwhile, if you ate a large amount of chlorinated chicken – the equivalent to 5 per cent of your body weight in one day –you could be exposed to harmful levels of the chemical compound known as chlorate,

Yeah, I'd suggest holding out on this one. The way US farms raise chickens is deplorable and leads to the spread of disease.

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nigel Farage admitted he would allow American chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the UK as part of a free trade deal with the US.

God, what a sniveling excuse for a politician.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 week ago (6 children)

generally kinda fucked up to think about raw meat being bulk shipped across oceans anyways

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