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UK Halts Trade Talks with Canada After Brexit Disagreements

UK halts trade negotiations with Canada over hormones in beef ban 🔗

Talks aimed at extending a rolled-over EU-era deal broke down over Britain's ban on hormone-treated meat.

The UK has halted trade negotiations with Canada after almost two years of discussions regarding a post-Brexit agreement. This decision means that the UK's trading terms with Canada will be worse than when it was part of the EU's deal with the country. The breakdown in talks is primarily due to disagreements over issues such as high import taxes on cars and cheese, as well as Canada's push for the UK to relax its ban on hormone-treated beef. The total goods trade between the two countries was worth £19.2bn in 2020, with UK imports from Canada valued at £7.3bn and UK exports to Canada at £11.8bn.

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