A UK adviser appointed by Boris Johnson rubbished claims animal welfare and environmental standards should be part of trade deals with other nations today.
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who sits on the Board of Trade, blasted suggestions that conditions should be slapped on pacts so foreign countries are forced to comply with British rules.
He claimed United Nations COP summits were a better forum for thrashing out environmental benchmarks. He told the Commons International Trade Committee that when his Government was negotiating deals, he warned officials: “If you want a trade deal focus on trade. “If you want to do an environmental deal or an animal welfare deal, do it through COP or through some other mechanism. “Remember
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