'Core environmental standards': Government urged to strengthen trade deal conditions

Cecilia Keating
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'Core environmental standards': Government urged to strengthen trade deal conditions

WWF and Institute of Development Studies (IDS) urge government to introduce measures to stop sustainable farming practices being undermined by environmentally damaging imports

The government has today been urged to introduce 'core environmental standards' that would apply to all UK food imports and underpin all post-Brexit trading agreements. The proposals, put together in...

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