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Trade policy that upholds welfare standards 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 www.animalpolicyinternational.org
230,000 people told the EU to
#EndTheCageAge
🐔 Read our full analysis by Tashi at API:
www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/landmar...
#AnimalWelfare
#CageFree
#EUPolicy
#FarmedAnimals
#EndTheCageAge
#AnimalsDeserveMore
#FoodPolicy
#EULaw
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Landmark EU consultation response shows overwhelming demand to end cages and apply welfare standards to imports
More than 230,000 people responded to the European Commission's public consultation on farmed animal welfare - the largest response in the consultation's history. The results confirm overwhelming…
https://www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/landmark-eu-consultation-response-shows-overwhelming-demand-to-end-cages-and-apply-welfare-standards
3 months ago
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News in 🇻🇬 🇪🇺 Trade: The EFRA Select Committee has urged the Government to pursue a Swiss-style exemption from dynamic alignment on animal welfare in the UK-EU SPS Agreement. This recommendation echoes calls from animal protection groups. Read more ➡️
www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/efra-co...
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EFRA Committee Backs Animal Welfare Import Standards in UK-EU SPS Agreement
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee has released a major report calling on the Government to ensure that the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement, currently…
https://www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/efra-committee-backs-animal-welfare-import-standards-in-uk-eu-sps-agreement
5 months ago
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🇪🇺The EU-Mercosur deal threatens to flood the EU with imported beef and poultry raised in intensive systems that would be illegal in the EU
@europarl.europa.eu
must oppose ratification & require imports to meet EU
#animalwelfare
standards 🐄🐓 Read more
@eurogroupforanimals.org
:
tinyurl.com/4wmft5ch
5 months ago
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We’re hiring! Join the Animal Policy International team We are looking for two driven individuals to help us drive change for farmed animals: 🐷 EU Policy Manager (Brussels-based) 🐔 Campaigns Coordinator (Flexible location) Learn more 👉
www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/work-wi...
6 months ago
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Our view: UK Government's animal welfare strategy a step forward - But import loophole must be closed
www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/uk-gove...
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UK Government's animal welfare strategy a step forward - But import loophole must be closed
Animal Policy International (API) welcomes the Government's new Animal Welfare Strategy, particularly the commitment to consult on phasing out cages for layer hens and farrowing crates for pigs as a…
https://www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/uk-government-s-animal-welfare-strategy-a-step-forward-but-import-loophole-must-be-closed
6 months ago
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🇳🇿We had a fantastic launch event this week in NZ Parliament for our new report 'Vision into Action' on the feasibility of a fair imports policy Encouraging to see strong cross-party & industry interest in implementation Thanks to Barbara Kuriger MP for hosting us! Link to full article below👇
8 months ago
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🚨BREAKING: New report by Animal Policy International finds that a fair import policy is politically and economically feasible. ⚡We can stop cruel imports.⚡ 📘 Read our report to learn more:
www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/new-rep...
#animalwelfare
#trade
#newzealand
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New Report: Applying NZ animal welfare standards to imports is politically and economically viable
The report examines the feasibility and economic implications of New Zealand aligning our import standards with local animal welfare standards
https://www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/new-report-reveals-that-applying-nz-animal-welfare-standards-to-imports-is-politically-and-economica
8 months ago
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🇬🇧A great few days at Labour Party Conference! Our Head of UK Policy Tashi Thomas spoke on an animal welfare panel with
@joshnewburymp.bsky.social
&
@ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social
Tashi stressed the need to protect UK's ability to set and enforce animal welfare standards in the EU trade deal🐾
#Lab25
9 months ago
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We're hiring! Want to improve the lives of millions of animals? API is looking for a Public Affairs Manager in New Zealand. Full description and apply ➡
www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/work-wi...
#hiringnow
#newzealand
#policy
#publicaffairs
9 months ago
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🇬🇧📊 NEW POLL reveals that an overwhelming 89% of Brits believe the UK should be able to decide on the animal welfare standards of all animal products sold in the country including imports. Support for banning lower-welfare imports is also trending up📈📈📈 🧵
9 months ago
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Animal Policy International
Eurogroup for Animals
10 months ago
👎 Despite a dedicated chapter on animal welfare, the European Commission has missed yet another opportunity to condition preferential imports to EU welfare standards with the EU-Mexico trade deal. Europe must
#StopCruelImports
Read our briefing
bit.ly/3D7ygWL
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Animal Policy International
Natalie Bennett
10 months ago
Produced to far worse environmental and
#AnimalWelfare
standards
www.ft.com/content/9170...
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Australian steak influx threatens UK beef, farmers warn
A sharp uptick in prime cuts is distorting the UK market, say industry groups
https://www.ft.com/content/9170d67f-d9a7-4619-8793-f9d8115ac75d
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🇬🇧We share the NFU's concern about trade deals allowing imports produced in ways banned in the UK While the PM's assurances on food standards are welcome, we need firm guarantees that animal welfare - not just hygiene - will be protected in all trade deals 🧵
www.farminguk.com/news/pm-vows...
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PM vows to protect UK food standards after NFU pressure
The prime minister has personally assured the NFU that Britain’s high farming and food standards will not be sacrificed on the altar of trade.
https://www.farminguk.com/news/pm-vows-to-protect-uk-food-standards-after-nfu-pressure_67056.html
10 months ago
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🇪🇺 Great to see the Commission introducing import standards that 'match EU welfare criteria' for companion animals. This principle must also apply to animals farmed abroad for EU consumers. The EC committed to "alignment of standards for imported products" - it's time to make this a reality!
#trade
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11 months ago
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@dwarkesh.bsky.social
& Lewis Bollard on why applying animal welfare standards to imports is essential - not just to protect hard-won wins for farmed animals, but to create the conditions for further progress. 🧵
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11 months ago
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The world is turning away from fur. Fur farming causes immense animal suffering that can’t be solved with improvements to regulation. The EU must: ❌ Ban fur farming for all fur-bearing species ❌ Ban the import of farmed fur products, no matter their origin 🧵
11 months ago
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Animal Policy International
Eurogroup for Animals
12 months ago
Only EU slaughter rules apply to animal products imported into the EU. That means EU shoppers may unknowingly be funding cruel farming practices abroad. 🇪🇺 It’s time to raise the bar: require EU‐equivalent welfare for all imports. 📘 Dive into our latest report 👇
#StopCruelImports
bit.ly/3U3DTKJ
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🇪🇺 The EU's animal welfare laws are being revised - now is the moment to stop fuelling animal suffering abroad through imports! A new
@eurogroupforanimals.org
report shows this is legally feasible and would have a significantly positive impact. 👉
bit.ly/3U3DTKJ
#StopCruelImports
#animalwelfare
11 months ago
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🇪🇺 Animal Policy International has responded to the European Commission’s call for evidence on animal welfare legislation. We’re urging the EU to apply its welfare standards to all animal products sold in the Single Market—including imports. 🧵 Thread below
#StopCruelImports
#trade
#animalwelfare
12 months ago
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🇬🇧UK farmers raise the alarm about welfare standards in imported Australian beef. Consumers have demanded higher welfare standards, yet beef from feedlots - virtually non-existent in UK farming - is filling our supermarket shelves
#StopCruelImports
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www.beefcentral.com/trade/uk-far...
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UK farmers outraged Australian beef is selling cheaper citing lower welfare standards - Beef Central
Farmers in the UK outraged to see imported beef, including from Australia, selling cheaper citing the countries have lower welfare standards...Read More
https://www.beefcentral.com/trade/uk-farmers-outraged-australian-beef-is-selling-cheaper-citing-lower-welfare-standards/
12 months ago
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🇬🇧 The UK's new Trade Strategy calls out cruel imports - and commits to act when overseas produce has an "unfair advantage". But could the new EU-UK trade deal stand in the way? Our latest article breaks it down - link in comments 🔗
#StopCruelImports
#trade
#animalwelfare
12 months ago
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🇬🇧 When people act, policy changes. Your voice can help
#StopCruelImports
! We banned sow stalls & barren battery cages because they're cruel. Yet we import products using these methods. We must close the imports loophole! 📩Take <5 mins to Steve Reed MP today
www.stopcruelimports.uk/take-action
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Take action | UK Stop Cruel Imp.
https://www.stopcruelimports.uk/take-action
12 months ago
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🚨🇬🇧First look at UK's new Trade Strategy: promising signals for animal welfare in trade! It mentions imports produced using methods banned in the UK—like sow stalls & battery cages Gov says it’ll consider “unfair advantage” & use quotas, exclusions & safeguards to protect sectors More to come🐖
about 1 year ago
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🇬🇧It was a pleasure to meet with Animal Welfare Minister Baroness Sue Hayman yesterday to discuss how we can use trade policy to help farmed animals. Thank you Sue for being a dedicated champion for animals!
#StopCruelImports
#Trade
about 1 year ago
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🇬🇧🚨𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 Lord Zac Goldsmith warns the EU-UK agreement has "profound implications for animal welfare" and "likely means the UK cannot restrict imports that fail to meet our animal welfare standards" Find out more👇
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Starmer risks shredding Tories' hard-fought Brexit win on animals in EU deal
Environmentalist Zac Goldsmith has raised concerns about a "troubling commitment" in the Prime Minister's deal with the EU.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2068269/keir-starmer-risks-shredding-tories
about 1 year ago
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🇬🇧Supermarkets are stocking more imported meat that does not meet UK animal welfare standards. ❌ Bad for animals ❌ Bad for our farmers ❌ Not what the public wants It’s time to
#StopCruelImports
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ju...
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Cheaper imported chicken and beef increasingly seen in UK supermarkets
Grocers turning to Australia, Poland and Uruguay for meat, prompting claim they are undermining British farmers
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/10/cheaper-imported-chicken-and-beef-increasingly-seen-in-uk-supermarkets
about 1 year ago
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The UK banned fur farming 20+ years ago, yet imported fur is still sold nationwide. We must close the loophole for a truly
#FurFreeBritain
. Thanks
@humaneworldeurope.bsky.social
&
@fourpawsuk.bsky.social
for yesterday's event supporting
@ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social
's Bill.
#StopCruelImports
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 API alongside dairy farmer Walt Cavendish had a pleasure meeting New Zealand First MP and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Patterson to discuss how we can solve the double standard and
#stopcruelimports
about 1 year ago
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Animal Policy International
The UK has signed a free trade deal with India that risks opening our market to cruel farming practices. Our new investigation reveals Indian egg farms keeping up to 10 hens in cages meant for 2-3 birds - practices banned in Britain since 2012.
#StopCruelImports
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about 1 year ago
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The UK has signed a free trade deal with India that risks opening our market to cruel farming practices. Our new investigation reveals Indian egg farms keeping up to 10 hens in cages meant for 2-3 birds - practices banned in Britain since 2012.
#StopCruelImports
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about 1 year ago
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🇬🇧🇮🇳The new UK-India agreement could bring products from farming systems banned in Britain to our shelves. Nearly 9 in 10 eggs from India are produced using confined systems outlawed here over a decade ago. Our animal welfare laws must apply to imports
#StopCruelImports
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about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 📣 New member's bill to
#stopcruelimports
was announced today at Parliament by
@abelsteve.bsky.social
! The Animal Products (Closing the Welfare Gap) Amendment Bill will enable the Minister to set animal welfare standards for animal products sold in New Zealand.
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 It's time to
#stopcruelimports
now! Today 11,420 signatures were handed over at NZ Parliament to Labour MP and spokesperson for animal welfare Rachel Boyack. The petition urges the Government to require imports of animal products to meet NZ animal welfare standards.
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 "The time is now to require imports to meet our standards: creating certainty and ensuring NZ standards are not traded away." -
@rainerkravets.bsky.social
from Animal Policy International at
#stopcruelimports
petition handover
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 "New Zealanders do not want to see animals suffer on our farms, or anywhere in the world. If it is not acceptable on our farms, it should not be acceptable on our supermarket shelves!" -
@abelsteve.bsky.social
announcing his member's bill to
#stopcruelimports
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 "Here in NZ we care deeply about animal welfare and rightly so, our laws reflect this. Our farmers care about animals and work to improve animal welfare standards globally." - Grant McCallum MP at
#stopcruelimports
petition handover
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 "People in NZ care and consumer standards are changing, people care and are making different decisions. People would be shocked to discover that animal products do not meet the same standards as here." - Rachel Boyack MP receiving
#stopcruelimports
petition
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿"In 1999 NZ had world leading animal welfare legislation, and yet we do a disservice to our farmers and to animals around the world by allowing imports to come in with low or sometimes no animal welfare laws." - Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere handing over
#stopcruelimports
petition
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 "The fact they allow sow stalls and battery cages is absolute insanity. New Zealanders fought hard for these to be banned and we didn't expect this to be happening. Now is the time to close this legal loophole." - Arnja Dale from SPCA urging the Government to
#stopcruelimports
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 "New Zealand is allowing cruel imports through the back door. Everyone agrees that animal welfare is a priority for NZ farmers and citizens." - dairy farmer Walt Cavendish on urgency to
#stopcruelimports
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 "Sow stalls were banned in 2016 and battery cages in 2023 after a long phase out period. But we still import products from countries where standards are low. We are outsourcing cruelty which must stop." - Debra Ashton from SAFE at petition handover
#stopcruelimports
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 "It is illogical to ban Kiwi farmers from using certain practices while, at the same time, throwing the doors open to the import of the same products" - Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere on his petition being handed over today.
#stopcruelimports
newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/01/n...
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NZ congratulates itself on animal welfare. But it shouldn't.
From Auckland University – Opinion: We don’t think twice about jumping in a foreign-made car because they have to pass NZ safety standards. So why the double standard on how we treat animals?
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/01/nz-congratulates-itself-on-animal-welfare-but-it-shouldnt/
about 1 year ago
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🇳🇿 📣 At noon today, we will deliver our petition to Parliament, signed by thousands of New Zealanders, to
#stopcruelimports
. Plus, we have a VERY exciting announcement to share. Stay tuned. 📣
about 1 year ago
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Huge thanks to
@ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social
for hosting our
#StopCruelImports
parliamentary event with
@ciwf.org.uk
and
@rspcaoffficial.bsky.social
If it's too cruel to produce in Britain, then it's too cruel to import to Britain. Read more ➡️
www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/api-eve...
about 1 year ago
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“We must act now to avoid this situation getting worse. Allowing imports with lower welfare standards creates a race to the bottom that sells out British values and farmers." - Mandy Carter, API
#StopCruelImports
www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2025...
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UK trade deals could threaten welfare standards
The UK Government’s hunt for low- and no-tariff deals with its trading partners threatens to undermine both British values and higher welfare UK farmers, according to a new report from Animal Policy…
https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2025/04/29/uk-trade-deals-risk-damaging-welfare-standards/
about 1 year ago
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reposted by
Animal Policy International
Our UK report launch saw speeches from MPs across Labour, Lib Dems, and Conservatives, with 50 MPs attending, highlighting the united stance on the import issue. If it's too cruel to produce in the UK, it's too cruel too import!
#StopCruelImports
www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/api-eve...
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API Report Launch Event in UK Parliament on the Importance of Animal Welfare in Trade
A new report Closing the Welfare Gap was launched at an event in UK Parliament. It focuses on animal welfare in trade and urges action against cruel animal product imports.
https://www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/api-event-in-uk-parliament-on-the-importance-of-animal-welfare-in-trade
about 1 year ago
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Animal Policy International
Compassion in World Farming UK
about 1 year ago
If it's too cruel to produce in Britain, then it's too cruel to import to Britain! Alongside
@animalpolicyint.bsky.social
&
@rspcaoffficial.bsky.social
we've released a new report calling for urgent action to ensure imports meet British animal welfare standards. Read more:
bit.ly/44Rxgl5
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#StopCruelImports
- it just makes sense. Read the new report 👉
tinyurl.com/UKimportsreport
about 1 year ago
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Our UK report launch saw speeches from MPs across Labour, Lib Dems, and Conservatives, with 50 MPs attending, highlighting the united stance on the import issue. If it's too cruel to produce in the UK, it's too cruel too import!
#StopCruelImports
www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/api-eve...
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API Report Launch Event in UK Parliament on the Importance of Animal Welfare in Trade
A new report Closing the Welfare Gap was launched at an event in UK Parliament. It focuses on animal welfare in trade and urges action against cruel animal product imports.
https://www.animalpolicyinternational.org/post/api-event-in-uk-parliament-on-the-importance-of-animal-welfare-in-trade
about 1 year ago
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“The UK now faces critical choices for how best to pursue a successful trade strategy. We must act now to avoid this situation getting much worse.” - @mandycarter_ in @FarmersWeekly on our report urging the government to
#StopCruelImports
www.fwi.co.uk/business/urg...
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Urgent call to address animal welfare in UK trade deals - Farmers Weekly
The UK risks undermining its animal welfare laws and disadvantaging British farmers if trade deals allow imports from countries with lower standards, a
https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/urgent-call-to-address-animal-welfare-in-uk-trade-deals
about 1 year ago
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