Boris Johnson facing backlash after scrapping pledge to keep chlorinated chicken out of British supermarkets

Sam Lowe, a senior fellow at the Centre of European Reform and an expert on international trade, suggested that it was inevitable that the UK would have to give ground on food standards if it wanted a deal with Donald Trump.

“It has always been the case that if the UK is to secure a free trade agreement with the US, it will need to find a way of giving America what it wants when it comes to agriculture and food standards,” he told The Independent.

“Just saying ‘no’ was never an option, and if the reports here are accurate, government discussion has moved on to ‘how’ the UK accommodates the US on this issue, rather than ‘if’.”