McKinney to UK: Ditch some EU ag rules to boost post-Brexit trade with the U.S.

The United Kingdom will put itself in a better position to trade with the U.S. after Brexit if it goes its own way on some food and environmental safety protocols, the Agriculture Department's top trade official said in the UK this week. Ted McKinney, the under secretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, told Bloomberg that ditching some EU rules would afford “a much greater opportunity for trade between the UK and U.S.” “We hope that the U.K. will look...