\"It's more than a trade deal - it's a negotiation of GB's agricultural policy\". With the King’s Speech today signalling a focus on improved trading relations and reducing the burden of unnecessary regulation through innovation, we discuss the evolving UK–EU SPS agreement.
Belinda Clarke OBE Clarke spoke with Feodora Rayner, Head of Policy at CropLife UK, to unpack what has changed since the surprise May 2025 announcement, the widening - and still fluid - scope (including pesticides, biocides and seed variety rights), implications for precision‑bred/PBO crops, and new modelling on the potential cost of alignment for UK growers.
This is SPS 101: watch the vid and find out more in the background analysis from CropLife UK & The Andersons Centre here: https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/member-post/analysis-of-the-impact-on-uk-crop-production-of-gb-aligning-with-eu-on-ppps/
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