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'Free trade is a huge opportunity which UK agriculture must seize' - Owen Paterson

The Agriculture Bill returning to Parliament this week is an important step in the UK’s departure from the EU, setting out the route to a new, more tailored system of agricultural support, as well as providing the basis for U

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'Free trade is a huge opportunity which UK agriculture must seize' - Owen Paterson

All animal products imported into the UK under existing or future free trade agreements will still have to meet the UK's stringent food safety standards along with those of the World Organisation for Animal...

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