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FARMERS raised concerns on the free-trade deal with Australia yesterday over the lack of details on animal-welfare provisions and environmental standards.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the deal with Australia, the first to be negotiated from scratch since Brexit, was “good news” for services and manufacturers in Britain.
He said British products such as cars, Scotch whisky and confectionery are set to be cheaper to sell to Australia because of the tariff-free agreement.
The West’s dangerous pesticide dumping in Africa is threatening biodiversity, population health and food sovereignty, argues ROGER McKENZIE
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
