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For any copyright, please send me a message. Conservative MP Danny Kruger attacked the EU’s “protectionist system” that he claimed prevented British farmers from strongly benefiting from global free trade. While on BBC’s Politics Live, Mr Kruger argued British farmers wanted to compete fairly and go “like for like” on trade. The Tory MP also explained the UK is committed to maintaining current food standards and added a balance needed to be met regarding this in post-Brexit trade with the US. He said: “We produce food to standards not all American exports meet. “We have made a commitment, this Government has won an election on a manifesto that pledged that we would not import food that is produced at a lower standard than our farmers work at. “That is absolute and non-negotiable. However, there are loads of American food that we should be importing. “We should be open to free trade. “Our farmers want to have free trade, they don’t want a protectionist system. “They just want to be competing like for like. Your labour costs are lower, you use a lot more pesticides and chemicals in your production that we don’t use. “So we need to make sure we are trading equally. But we would love to import your glorious American prime beef. “It is made to be the best in the world.” Boris Johnson has been under pressure to ensure a smooth post-Brexit transition for farmers. Late last year the Prime Minister had been urged to financially support British farmers who may struggle to make ends meet post-Brexit. The warning came from George Dunn, chief of the Tenant Farmers Association, who told Express.co.uk in November the Government should introduce a system to support British producers in danger of losing out on profit post-Brexit. EU fury: How Salvini branded euro 'crime against humanity' [EXPLAINER]UK to launch Galileo replacement as MoD spots 'security flaw' [INSIGHT]Keir Starmer refuses to rule out backing transition extension [ANALYSIS] Trending He said: “If you consider the price of the product that our farmers receive, it doesn’t often deliver them with the sufficient return on their investment, their labour and their time. “So in the system somewhere, the farming community needs to get a fair return for the product that they are producing. “Bearing in mind they are producing great products that are welfare-friendly, that are environmentally friendly and are heading towards net zero in terms of carbon. “So we should be supporting our domestic producers given the great work that they are doing. “But if the price that they receive is still low then what we need to see is an adequate level of support.”
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