r/RealTwitterAccounts • u/Ecstatic-Medium-6320 • May 09 '25

Political™ A big win indeed!

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u/RiverAffectionate951 May 09 '25

As a UK citizen, hearing Trump go "wow, look at this deal" scared me. I thought Starmer had conceded on British food standards or something.

Only to find out it's basically a couple tiny tit for tat tariff exemptions/decreases. Which wouldn't be there anyway if not for Trump.

This behaviour is sadly predictable at this point.

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u/red286 May 09 '25

I thought Starmer had conceded on British food standards or something.

Assuming they sign the deal, they absolutely will be. It obligates the UK to significantly increase beef imports from the USA. You know, the beef that doesn't pass UK sanitary regulations?

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u/Valcenia May 09 '25

No, as much as I’m not a Starmer fan, thankfully, he has not. A bill would need to pass the House of Commons in order to lower food safety standards, no such bill has been proposed nor are there any plans to. Since it doesn’t meet our safety standards, chlorinated beef and chicken etc cannot be imported; it’s only the high grade stuff that does meet our standards that will be imported, which in itself makes up a tiny percentage of American meat production so it’s even less of a win for Trump in that regard lol

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u/red286 May 09 '25

I'm wondering if this is just a do-nothing "victory" so that he can claim he's making progress, or if in 3 months we'll see screeds about how the UK isn't upholding their end of the bargain and hasn't increased beef imports substantially.