
Furious Farmer Blasts Keir Starmer for ‘Opening the Floodgates’ with Controversial US-UK Deal

LONDON, UK — A leading UK farmer has criticised Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for “opening the floodgates” to American imports under a new UK-US trade agreement, despite government assurances that British food and farming standards will be protected.
The agreement, unveiled yesterday and hailed by US President Donald Trump as “very conclusive” and by Starmer as “fantastic” and “historic,” includes reciprocal market access for key goods, most notably a tariff-free quota for 13,000 tonnes of UK beef exports to the United States.
However, the announcement has received mixed reactions from the farming sector, with many warning it may undercut British producers.
Speaking to GB News, North Wales farmer Gareth Wyn Jones voiced deep concern over the deal’s long-term consequences. “We haven’t seen the devil in the details yet, but it looks like they’ve sold out the industry down the river again,” he said.
“We need to protect our motor industry, yes, but we also need to protect our farming industry.” Jones questioned whether the Labour government, including Chancellor Rachel Reeves, fully grasps the scale and competitiveness of American agriculture.
“I’ve got a lot of friends in the States. Things are on a massive scale over there. They can produce hundreds of thousands of tons of beef,” he said. “Right now, our beef sales are up, but this could be another nail in the agricultural coffin.”
The farmer also expressed scepticism about the automotive side of the deal, citing concerns over steep tariffs on UK car exports above 100,000 units.
“The only real result is that they’ve opened the floodgates for beef imports into this country,” he warned.
“Let’s hope we can strike a proper deal, because I don’t think the people running the country at the moment are doing the agricultural sector any favours.”
Currently, Britain’s major supermarket chains stock only British and Irish fresh beef, and any influx of US beef could disrupt the domestic market.
Further concerns were raised over the removal of tariffs on bioethanol, a move that has unsettled the arable sector.
NFU President Tom Bradshaw said the union is examining the implications: “We are working through what this means for the viability of domestic bioethanol production and therefore the potential impact on our members.”
The NFU added that specific sectors could be left “shouldering the heavy burden” to benefit others in the wider economy.
Meanwhile, the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers took a more optimistic tone, describing the agreement as offering “unprecedented market access for British farmers,” and encouraging exporters to capitalise on new opportunities in fresh, frozen, and processed meat products.
The debate over the deal continues, as stakeholders across the agricultural industry analyse whether this “historic” agreement brings genuine benefits or unintended consequences.
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