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Tariffs could become a feature of food trade between the UK and the EU if their policies diverge in key areas over the coming years, peers have warned.

It is time for the UK Government to sort out the barriers which are hampering agri-food trade to Europe, according to NFU Scotland. 

Farm groups and vets have responded angrily to a Government decision to delay checks on EU food imports to Great Britain (GB).

The Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) set up by Government has recommended that tariff and quota-free access to the UK market should only be given to food which meets domestic standards.

UK livestock farmers are facing the prospect of higher feed prices due to a quirk in the new global tariff schedule.

UK livestock farmers are facing the prospect of higher feed prices due to a ‘quirk’ in the new global tariff schedule.

A top Dutch official has said agricultural trading relationships between the Netherlands and the UK are ‘too strong to be changed fundamentally’ after Brexit.

A top Dutch official has said agricultural trading relationships between the Netherlands and the UK are too strong to be changed fundamentally after Brexit.

The Government set up the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) ‘two years too late’, the group’s chairman has said.

The Government set up the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) two years too late, the groups chairman has said.