{"id":3207,"date":"2020-03-09T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2020-03-09T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T12:39:08","slug":"the-end-of-brexit-not-for-the-agri-food-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-dev.promar-international.com\/it\/the-end-of-brexit-not-for-the-agri-food-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of Brexit? Not for the agri-food sector\u2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By John Giles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While 31 January saw what might be the beginning of the end for the UK\u2019s ties with the European Union, for many of us in the agri-food sector, the serious conversations about Brexit are only just beginning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the three years since the referendum, Brexit has dominated\ndiscussions about our future relationships not just with Europe, but the rest\nof the world too \u2014 and those debates are about to heat up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as pending discussions on a potential US \u2013 UK free\ntrade deal, we can expect similar trade conversations with China, India,\nAustralia, New Zealand and Canada to name but a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of these are likely to be as simple as the UK might like\nand will all take time to negotiate \u2014 especially when, as is likely, the real\ndebates about how the likes of Canada, Australia and New Zealand can access the\nUK market begin in earnest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agricultural powerhouses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It seems as if our first targets for new trade deals are\nlargely with countries that can be described as \u2018agricultural power houses\u2019;\nthose who want to export to the UK, as much as they might want to import\nhigh-value food and drink products from us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s more, there\u2019s genuine concern about the thrust of any\ndeal with the US \u2014 will, for example, \nthe Americans  want to send\nus  poultry, beef and soybeans which have\nbeen produced to very different standards to the UK, as well as gain access to\nthe National Health Service as part of their trade agreement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our experience, gaining market access from a regulatory\nperspective is only half the battle.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if the UK manages to secure favourable trade agreements,\nUK companies need to be prepared to invest time, resources and effort to build\nexports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s more, while markets such as India and China might be\nhighly attractive, exporters have also got to be prepared for how complex and\ndemanding those new opportunitiescan be. And we will rarely be the first cab on\nthe rank \u2013 others will have been doing business for some time already in these\nmarkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glass half full approach <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Back to Brexit, and there is still much to be agreed as to\nhow our departure from the EU will work on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s now less than a year to work on the key issues such\nas the nature of trade tariffs and non-tariff barriers between the UK and the\nEU, the movement of labour, and the highly sensitive issue of the Irish\nborder.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In public, everyone says they want a deal on all these\nthings, but the threat of No Deal remains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current government seems very bullish after its huge\nelection win and has said it will walk away from these talks, if rapid progress\nis not made soon. Our colleagues in the rest of the EU might not see it quite\nthe same way, of course. There could still well be a lot of water to flow\nunder the bridge on this one.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of these issues have massive implications for the UK\u2019s agri-food sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three years of uncertainty since the referendum has seen\nUK food industry often unsure \u2014 and unable \u2014 to know what to plan for and when.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is clear that we still want to have good access to EU\nmarkets, especially for UK exports of meat and dairy products, which are still\nhighly dependent on customers across the EU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, we had perfect access to the rest of the EU until\nwe decided to leave the EU. And in many commodity areas, we are still very\ndependent on imports from our EU partners, especially in areas such as fruit\nand vegetables, wine and food ingredients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stakes are still high though, and government must find a\nway of resolving complex issues which are full of political, economic and\nsocial challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But no one can just indefinitely play a waiting game to see\nhow those challenges will resolve themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s important is to retain a positive and flexible\napproach to how we deal with customers in Europe, as well as exploring the\nopportunities that are apparent in what might become our \u2018new\u2019 trading\npartners. This is no easy thing, but something Promar\u2019s sustainability team can\nhelp on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s critical that UK agri food businesses assess carefully\nwhat is happening and have an ability to respond positively to the threats and\nopportunities they will be facing up to over the next three to five years. We\nhave to see the glass as half full at all times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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