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The UK is now said to be considering ending a series of post-Brexit continuity agreements it has with Brussels in retaliation, which could restrict imports of European mineral water and seed potatoes.
A Downing Street source said: “There is thought being given to where we can leverage in other areas. We have continuity arrangements… we can stop these which means they won’t be able to sell their produce here.”
Planning for retaliatory moves reportedly came after the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety refused to meet Environment Secretary George Eustice to try and resolve the shellfish ban.
In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, French MEP Philippe Olivier hinted there could be a simple solution to this: bilateral agreements between individual countries.
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