Mexico Removing Trade Barriers for British Pork, UK Says
The U.K. this week said Mexico has agreed to remove a trade barrier on British pork and will begin approving shipments from 12 pork exporters across England and Northern Ireland, marking Britain's “successful bid to secure long-term access to this…
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lucrative market.” The announcement follows eight years of negotiations between Mexican and U.K. authorities. The British businesses will now be able to export offal and edible by-products to Mexico, the U.K.’s Department for Business and Trade said. The U.K. also noted that the current 20% tariff on British pork will be eliminated once Mexico ratifies the U.K.’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (see 2312290034).