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The UK Government has offered the best prize of zero tariff, zero quota market access to the ‘worst producers in the world’ as part of its Australia trade deal, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) UK has warned.

The UK Government has offered the best prize of zero tariff, zero quota market access to the worst producers in the world as part of its Australia trade deal, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) UK has warned.

The importance of external markets to the Scottish red meat industry has been highlighted in a new report from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), which showed the sector was worth more than £1 billion to the economy.

Trade deals which increase imported meat cuts and products are set to lead to a fresh wave of abattoir closures, new research from the Prince’s Countryside Fund has found.

The Board of Trade, a Government body headed up by Trade Secretary Liz Truss, has claimed buying local food is ‘not always the most environmentally sustainable choice’.

Trade Minister Greg Hands has said Australia can put up a reasonable case that it has good standards of animal welfare in food production.

Trade Minister Greg Hands has said Australia can put up a ‘reasonable case’ that it has good standards of animal welfare in food production.

A leading trade expert has described the animal welfare and antimicrobial resistance chapter in the UK-Australia deal as a symbolic gesture.

A leading trade expert has described the animal welfare and antimicrobial resistance chapter in the UK-Australia deal as a ‘symbolic gesture’.

Plaid Cymru Ceredigion MP Ben Lake says the UK-Australia trade deal has given Welsh farmers a ‘harsh lesson’ about Westminster’s trade priorities.