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Boris Johnson 'dancing to Trump's tune' while EU lays out post-Brexit fishing demands

BORIS JOHNSON was accused of “dancing to Donald Trump’s tune” today for downplaying fears a US trade deal would undermine food safety standards.

The PM said that he shares the US President’s “optimism,” and insisted that their deal would have “enormous potential” and would be “governed by science and not by mumbo-jumbo.”

Mr Johnson condemned critics as “naive and juvenile anti-Americans” who should “grow up.”

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