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Ian Rickman - president of the Íæż½ã½ã' Union of Wales: "Future deals with other countries must protect our farmers and food security"

Mr Rickman has told the next UK Government to ensure future trade deals protect UK farmers and the importance of food security

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"We call on the incoming UK Government to ensure that both food imports and exports are subject to the same custom and standard controls which not only provides a level playing field between UK and EU producers, but also restores the confidence of our trading partners."
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"We call on the incoming UK Government to ensure that both food imports and exports are subject to the same custom and standard controls which not only provides a level playing field between UK and EU producers, but also restores the confidence of our trading partners."

Since we officially left the European Union, there was, initially, a political appetite in Westminster to hastily sign free trade agreements and reveal the ‘benefits' of our post-Brexit trading arrangements....

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