The United States aims at pork, poultry and seafood markets in Britain

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The US is looking for a multi -sliced ​​pig, poultry, rice and seafood slice in Britain, as it wants to expand its trade agreement with the United Kingdom, said Donald Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture Tuesday.

Brooke Rollins said these sectors were “at the head of the line” in ongoing negotiations to build the commercial agreement Announced last week, which gave us to beef and bioethanol producers to extend access to the United Kingdom market.

Washington has it gave the treatment As an opportunity of $ 5 million for American farmers, ranchers and producers, but the initial text of the agreement only covers about $ 950 million of trade in beef and ethanol in the United States without hormones.

“Certainly the pig and the corral birds are on the front of the line, along with rice and seafood,” Rollins said at a press conference in London on Tuesday, when asked about subsequent products in discussion.

She added: “Food security is national security. The United Kingdom, for example, is really based on China and Russia for your seafood. America has better extraordinary class seafood. Let’s talk about it.”

It is likely that statements may arouse concern between farmers and British food producers, who have already raised alarms on potentially subject to the cheapest imports in the United States who may not fulfill UK or EU production standards.

The United Kingdom has high rates in many agricultural products, including up to 72 cents per kilogram of pigs, 107p in corral birds and 18 percent on shrimp.

“We are more than happy to compete similarly,” said Richard Griffiths, CEO of the British Corral Birds Birds. “But if we allow imports to occur on rules under ours, this is unfair competition.”

Rollins suggested that some North -Americans would fit in to meet British expectations, in a softening last week when he said that no industry had been “treated more unfairly than our agricultural industry.”

Although he defended the safety of hormone -treated beef and chicken chicken, he said that beef producers can be ready to leave hormones for sale in the United Kingdom and emphasized “only 5 percent” of us the chicken is now washed with chlorine.

North -Americans “are constantly seeing what markets look like and if the markets ask for a specific type, or have more opportunities somewhere, then I think we may see some movement on the market,” added rolls.

Griffiths countered that among North -Americans “is the standard practice cleaning at the end” with chemical washes, including, but without limiting chlorine.

In comparison, he said, British poultry farmers need to promote hygiene throughout the process and can only use water. This is much more expensive, he added.

Ministers in the United Kingdom have repeatedly insisted that chicken chlorine and hormone treated beef would remain illegal in Britain.

Rollins also emphasized the reciprocal benefits for exporters in the United Kingdom: “Although, in fact, we are excited to get the North -American beef, ethanol (i) we hope that the line, rice, seafood, other products reach your country, it is also about obtaining more products from your country in ours.”

Steve Reed, the Environment of the United Kingdom, Secretary of Rural Affairs and Rural Affairs, said that the trade agreement with the United States “would protect British farmers and guarantee our food safety.”

“We have always been clear that this government will protect British farmers and defend our high standards of animal and environmental welfare,” he added.

This article has been modified to clarify that the comments were made by the United States Secretary of Agriculture.