Do UK FTAs safeguard food, animal welfare, and environmental standards?
Continuing its scrutiny of the UK’s food and agricultural trade strategy, the EFRA Committee investigate issues relating to standards in trade agreements and how far standards are being upheld.
Meeting details
At 2:00pm: Private discussion
Inquiry
UK trade policy: food and agriculture
At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
UK trade policy: food and agriculture
Senior Trade Policy Advisor at World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Head of Public Affairs at Sustain
Director of Campaigns at Feedback
Chair at British Egg Industry Council
In Tuesday’s evidence session, Committee members question witnesses on the nature and coherence of the UK’s agri-food trade strategy, engagement and consultation, as well as biosecurity and the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model.
The session also looks at the path forward for UK-Canada FTA negotiations, ongoing negotiations between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and between the UK and India, examining what opportunities and risks these may present.