Harry Holmes
Harry is The Grocer’s international trade reporter.
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NewsBritish food and drink exports to non-EU countries surge
Exports to the world’s three largest national economies – the US, China and Japan – all experienced double-digit growth
- Comment & Opinion
A Boris Johnson majority will be bad news for Northern Irish food and drink
Two leaked documents show Johnson is willing to throw Northern Ireland under the bus to ‘get Brexit done’
- News
Tesco pledges £10m to protect Brazilian soy-producing region from deforestation
Tesco’s investment will incentivise farmers to grow soy on existing agricultural land rather than burning virgin forest
- News
Unregulated Atlantic mackerel catch surge prompts emergency meeting
Retailers met privately last month to discuss the surge in unregulated catches of Atlantic mackerel
- Analysis & Features
Will Trump trigger trade deal meltdown just as UK quits EU?
Weaker WTO rule enforcement carries risks for a ‘medium power’ like the UK following Brexit
- News
Carrot shortfall likely as floods hit UK growers
Soggy autumn also hit brussels sprouts, with prices up 29%
- Analysis & Features
What the US-UK trade talks dossier tells us about food and drink’s post-Brexit future
The 451-page dossier of official files details meetings held in both London and Washington from July 2017 to November 2018
- News
Tesco honey test not fit for purpose, say food safety experts
One scientist believes the honey tested positive for adulteration due to an unsatisfactory database rather than fraudulent activity
- News
UK pig farmers accuse processors of hoarding China export cash
The UK has more than doubled its exports to China since the ASF outbreak, but farmers claim they haven’t seen the benefits
- News
Hazardous pesticides remaining in supermarket supply chains, warns report
PAN UK is calling on retailers to disclose the chemicals in their supply chains
- Analysis & Features
Why is Australia demanding compensation from the UK over Brexit?
Australia, New Zealand and a host of other non-EU countries want compensation for Brexit-related trade disruption
- News
Rabobank warns of continuing volatility in commodity prices
Geopolitical risks and price pressures on farmers are cited as contributing factors in Rabobank’s latest outlook
- Analysis & Features
ASF crisis set to swell pork & poultry production in Europe
Despite expected growth across nearly all regions, global meat production will fall
- News
Supermarkets warned to act now to prevent tuna stocks ‘collapse’
A draft report by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission claims Spanish vessels illegally caught 13,000 tonnes of Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna in 2018
- Analysis & Features
Off the hook: how the EU is failing to police illegal fishing
While the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy is coming down hard on some countries, it’s letting others off the hook, including its own member states
- News
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda report higher palm oil consumption
Three-quarters of the palm oil in Tesco own brand products globally is now certified by the RSPO
- News
EU and China agree mutual protected status agreement for food and drink products
China will ensure that imitations of 100 European regional food products are neither produced nor sold in the country
