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£100,000 of tariffs slapped on Fairtrade bananas from Africa threatening farmers with ruin
23/01/2021
Liz Truss under pressure to explain why punishing levies being charged - despite announcement that UK-Ghana deal was struck.
Ghana won’t sign new UK trade deal in 2020
21/10/2020
Lack of time, an election and regional trade tensions have made agreeing a deal tricky.
Final bid to prevent huge new tariffs ruining African farmers amid allegations of UK ‘bullying’
05/12/2020
‘People in Ghana are very angry. They do not understand why Britain is acting like a bully’
Liz Truss urged to sign off deals quickly to spare African states high tariffs once Brexit transition period ends.
A leading Brexiteer has explained why he voted for Leave – giving a reason that turns out to be false.
A fruit and vegetable buyer for a major supermarket told James O'Brien the reality of how food supplies and prices would be affected in a no-deal Brexit - and it's not good news.
How the EU starves Africa into submission [with later errata pointing out it doesn't - WayBackMachine archive]
26/10/2015
This article, circulated widely on social media at the time of the referendum, claimed in error that EU tariffs starve African farmers. Since then it has been updated with an errata explaining its stated facts and conclusion are wrong. No tariffs are paid except on weapons. / NOTE: This article has now been removed from CAPX. We've linked to a copy from the WayBackMachine web archive.]