Quote Originally Posted by Oracle View Post
There is no compelling need for a deal, our us market is growing faster than stagnating EU without.
A deal on good terms may be worth it, so we can negotiate and so must they.
So not much disagreement between us on that; we can still continue trading without a deal, which makes me wonder why so many Brexiteer politicians keep going on about wanting the opportunity to make a trade deal with the USA.

Quote Originally Posted by CL View Post
Anthony is it your contention that a consumer in the UK shouldn't have the choice to buy his chicken from the USA?
This is a more interesting issue. You can argue that if stuff is properly labelled so that consumers can make informed choices, then they should be free to choose whatever they want. On the other hand, our democratically elected politicians have made legislation about issues such as animal welfare and environmental protection (to name two issues of relevance to food production), and these issues are universal; so it makes sense to insist that those we trade with respect the same standards as in our legislation.