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OPINION - What the collapse of UK-Canada trade talks tells us about how Brexit is going

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It's time for what I like to call a post-Brexit check. The UK has suspended trade talks with Canada, pointing to disagreements over hormone-treated beef. This decision will reduce British farmers' access to Canadian markets, and leaves tariffs of nearly 250 per cent on British cheese. That. Is A. Disg... Oh, never mind.

The backstory to this, the curds if you will, is CETA,

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