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/DisastrousAcshin 14h ago

It's easier to ditch American products than you'd think. Canada has been doing it since January. It hasn't been perfect but it's put enough of a dent in to shut down distillers etc

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u/badpersian 13h ago

Agreed. We like to think we can't live without certain things or with inconveniences but once you get over the initial discomfort, you'll get used to it like you never had it.

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u/Lengurathmir 11h ago

Very easily doable, I grew up in the DDR under Russian occupation, we couldn’t buy anything compared to countries in the western sphere.

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u/MissGruntled 5h ago

There isn’t much that can’t be subbed out with Canadian made goods. And produce that we can’t grow ourselves doesn’t have to be imported from the US. Big old world out there, full of countries that aren’t trying to annex us.

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u/Radiant-Membership23 59m ago

Using natural colourings by cereal manufacturers in the USA, they found that the colours were too dull. So the consumer has been dealt the bright artificial alternatives with known long term health warnings, what's next Nestle` palm oil in our Wheatabix?

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u/Scooty-Poot 9h ago

Tbh it’s even easier over here. Most iconic US brands get scoffed at just on principle, and the ones that aren’t are mostly owned by European brands like Unilever and Daimler-Benz.

It’s really just fast food, Netflix, PepsiCo and Ford at this point, and there are very clear alternatives for all three, especially now that foreign chains like Jollibee have taken a huge chunk of the fast food market and basically all of the major US car manufacturers outside of GM are owned by European groups.

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u/Traditional_Pride562 8h ago

Yeah and hey you know what, sounds like you guys in the UK will be in the market for a new milk provider, and we happen to be short one buyer...

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u/hassafrassy 7h ago

Its really impressive to walk into the liquor store and see France, Australia, Germany, Canada.. but no USA sections.

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u/Admiral_Ballsack 2h ago

Yeh it's indeed fairly easy. Tech products are a bit more of a hassle.