This week it was revealed that as talks on a free trade agreement progress between the United Kingdom and the United States, Downing Street has backed down on one of its key demands in negotiations with Washington, which is the protection of the British agricultural market to American products and their standards. As reported in The Independent, London is now looking at the idea of rolling back safety regulations on imports in order to permit the sale of American chlorinated chicken and hormone-injected beef, two products which have ignited controversy amongst the public and in parliament.
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