Hard-Brexit could kill the competitiveness for British beef and lamb
A "no-deal" divorce between UK and EU is going to hit hard some British agricultural sectors, such as lamb and beef, reports Reuters.
Scottish meat industry representatives have presented their opinion on "no-deal" Brexit to the members of Parliment and the worst scenario shows that agricultural products could face 50% tariffs as WTO rules recommend. "Agriculture is probably the most heavily-protected and therefore tariffs of above 50% are not unusual,” Sarah Baker, from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), said. In her opinion, products including beef and lamb “would just become uncompetitive overnight".
A hard-Brexit will be most felt in Scotland, where agriculture is made up a bigger share of the economy than the UK as a whole, mentioned Baker after the hearing. "We are ambitious for markets beyond Europe, but at the moment Europe is the ball game", also confirmed James
Withers, Chief Executive of Scotland Food & Drink. The official date of UK-EU separation is 29 March 2019, followed by a two-year period of transition. Several rounds of negotiations didn't bring anything new to the table.
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