Trump tells UK to buy chlorinated chicken from US if it wants tariff relief
Trump tells UK to buy chlorinated chicken from US if it wants tariff relief
The UK has long-ruled out allowing imports of chlorine-washed chicken from the US, with Rachel Reeves in November reiterating her opposition
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27771988
Summary
Donald Trump warned the UK must accept chlorinated US chicken imports if it wants relief from new 10% tariffs on British exports.
The U.K. has long reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining high food standards, with polling showing 80% of Britons oppose a ch imports.
Critics argue chlorinated chicken stems from poorer production hygiene, with studies showing high bacteria rates in US chicken.
Farming advocates warn a US trade deal with lower standards would be "devastating for British farming."
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Why even import chicken from the US? You can have chicken farms anywhere, right?
Also I dig in and found this article from 2019, so the US always wanted us to buy chlorinated chicken from them... wait a second. 2019, that was the first Trump Tenure. What's with his obsession of exporting chlorinated chicken?
It goes further back to at least 2014. There was a failed attempt at a free trade agreement between the EU and USA called TTIP and chlorinated chicken was often mentioned in that context.
If Trump is hatching them personally (I can't imagine why else he could be so obsessed with eggs to go around begging for them all over the globe), you need to somewhat clean and disinfect the chickens before sale...
I'm going to show myself out.
There's obviously something fowl going on in the Whitehouse.
I remember, in 2025, when the former Whitehouse got renamed into the now Honourable Foulhouse.
/s