‘I think there’s a matter of biology, of course, what is a woman’: Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says he ‘absolutely agrees’ with Liz Truss who said ‘women have vaginas’ Housing Secretary was asked if he agreed that you need a vagina to be a women Mr Jenrick said it was ‘a matter of biology’ and … Read more
Britain aims for trade deal with Pacific nations: Liz Truss will start talks for country to join one of the world’s biggest free-trade areas Liz Truss hopes trans-Pacific partnership will ‘pivot away’ UK from Europe She will launch the UK’s member bid in video call with her Japanese counterpart It is a trade agreement between … Read more
Liz Truss today hit out at the ‘defeatist narrative that British agriculture can’t compete’ on the world stage as she defended the Government’s new trade deal with Australia. The International Trade Secretary said the ‘gold standard agreement’ – the first ‘from scratch’ pact struck by Britain since Brexit – represented a ‘truly historic’ moment for … Read more
Ministers will unveil plans ‘within weeks’ for the UK to join trans-Pacific trading club including Australia, Canada and Japan Liz Truss says plans to join trans-Pacific trading group unveiled ‘within weeks’ The CPTPP has formally agreed to start accession negotiation with the UK The free trade area includes Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand By … Read more
Cabinet row as minister calls for new carbon tax on food from overseas to protect British farmers against cheaper imports Environment Secretary George Eustice suggested the new carbon tax yesterday The levy could protect farmers against cheaper goods from polluting countries A government source said carbon taxes only work if also adopted by other countries and … Read more
British voters oppose cheap Australian beef trade deal amid claims Liz Truss is trying to push through agreement before new food watchdog is up and running Claims Liz Truss is trying to railroad controversial agreement through Boris Johnson will defy voters by pressing ahead with Australian trade deal Ms Truss faced a flood of protests … Read more
Calls for carbon tax on imports: Liam Fox urges ministers to protect British firms over cheaper goods from polluting countries Ministers are facing calls for a ‘carbon border tax’ to protect British companies against cheaper imports from polluting countries The policy would push states with lax environmental rules to emit less pollution Tory former international … Read more
Britain will offer Australia a zero tariff, zero quota trade deal following a 15-year transition. Trade Secretary Liz Truss has been given the go-ahead to bring about the post-Brexit deal in spite of a significant backlash from the UK agriculture industry. Australia has been negotiating for a five-year period of cutting import and export taxes, … Read more
Boris Johnson insisted that British farmers could still benefit from Brexit today as he waded into a major Cabinet rift over an Australian trade deal that could flood the UK with cheap meat. The Prime Minister signalled his backing for Trade Secretary Liz Truss, who wants to give producers from Down Under tariff-free access to UK … Read more
Boris Johnson is willing to provide Australia tariff-free access to UK food markets despite fears it could ‘decimate’ the rural economy. Farmers launched a furious backlash yesterday against the proposal to grant Australian produce privileged access, fearing it would mean British farmers with high welfare standards will struggle to compete. The plan to give Australian food exporters … Read more