to think a US trade deal will lead to lower food standards - chlorinated chicken and all that

[orlantina]

So Trump has tweeted:

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 6h6 hours ago
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Working on major Trade Deal with the United Kingdom. Could be very big & exciting. JOBS! The E.U. is very protectionist with the U.S. STOP!

Will we be getting chlorinated chicken?

www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/24/us-chlorinated-chicken-not-ruled-out-by-no-10-in-pursuit-of-trade-deals

I'd be very surprised if 1 in 5 chickens contained salmonella

The problem is that with such advantageous economies of scale, the US agricultural industry could wipe out the UK agricultural sector within a few years. And then where would we be?

Is that what we want?

(Quite apart from the fact that I do not want to eat chlorinated chicken and hormone fed beef and GM wheat thank you very much.)

Do you remember when Michelle Obama tried to remove calories from the US diet? Thats all stopped. The corn syrup lobby is huge. Why they dont ferment it to produce ethanol fuel, or just produce less and grow higher quality food instead, I have no idea. Its empty calories.