The USDA is hopeful that the UK will cut EU regulations after Brexit, giving the two countries the chance of working on trade deals of their own. The Undersecretary for Trade at the USDA warned against continuing to infer that U.S. “chlorinated” chicken is inferior to British chicken.
“We hope that the U.K. will look for its own food standards, environmental safety protocols,” said Ted McKinney, undersecretary for trade at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, reports Bloomberg Politics. “We find the EU a very difficult place to do business and so we hope that as part of Brexit, the reset button can at least be considered.”