To enjoy Brexit price cuts rethink brings cheap food’
because the EU levies tariffs on coffee which is imported, processed and reexported but not on the raw product – so primary producers in poor nations get minimal profit.
Former international development secretary Priti Patel said: “Free trade agreements are good for Britain because wider trading relationships give the consumer choice, quality and price cuts.”
Tim Martin, founder of JD Wetherspoon, which sources British-only products, said leaving with no deal would lead to cheaper goods because tariffs on food outside the bloc would no longer apply. He said: “The EU is a protectionist organisation that allows free trade to the seven per cent of the world within its borders but charges high food tariffs to the 93 per cent that isn’t.”
And Tory MP Marcus Fysh said: “Having spoken to Japan, Australia, Canada, Singapore, the US, Mexico and others, they are keen to have the UK’s voice back in the global trade institutions.”
Under Mr Gove’s Agriculture Bill, our farmers will be paid for raising standards and making the most of their land, ensuring they can continue to grow, sell and export more home-produced food after we leave the EU. The new system will replace the current subsidy structure of Direct Payments, under which the top 10 per cent of recipients get almost 50 per cent of cash.
Mr Gove said: “After nearly 50 years of being tied to burdensome and outdated EU rules we have an opportunity to deliver a Green Brexit.
“This Bill will allow us to reward farmers who protect our environment, leaving the countryside in a cleaner, greener and healthier state for future generations.”