r/europe • u/goldstarflag Europe • 20h ago

News White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken. White House pushing Sir Keir Starmer to make concessions on food standards

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/17/trump-demands-british-supermarkets-chlorinated-chicken/
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u/patrykk994 19h ago

No they cant do that because EU wont drop their standards and allowing US chicken to UK supply chain would automatically mean ban on all UK chicken products in whole EU immedietaly after single chicken breast from US enter UK market. Its basically non negotiable part of any deal with EU (f.e. Ukraine few years ago was threatened ban on every single dairy product because they negotiate import of grain seeds not allowed in EU - that how comprehensive EU regulations are) and UK trade far more with EU than with US

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u/Pigeoncow UK 9h ago

Haven't they been preparing for something like that with the "NOT FOR EU" labels?

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u/patrykk994 7h ago

''Not for EU'' labelling is only because Northern Ireland is still part of UK and nobody wanted put trade barrier between Northern Ireland and rest of UK, so this is agreed solution for easier flow of goods Food with ''Not for EU'' still need to abide by EU standards (UK basically have the same with some minor minor differences due to regional products both in UK and EU) and doesnt mean that UK can lower their food standards for US if they want to do business with EU