Rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon and trade minister Richard Lochhead said they had only heard about the talks through the media.
Mairi Gougeon said the Scottish Government only found out about the trade talks through media reports
Both ministers have written jointly to UK Environment Secretary Therese Coffey and trade minister Nigel Huddleston outlining the Scottish Government’s opposition to any relaxation of food safety and animal welfare standards. Ms Gougeon and Mr Lochhead said it was “particularly concerning” that the Scottish Government was only hearing of this now from the media and that “media reports will most certainly be of acute concern to our farming communities”.
The letter also stated: “However, it is the potential, practical effects of such an arrangement on Scottish farming and food interests which concern us the most. “The UK Government should not be trading away the interests of Scottish agriculture, and other sectors, in order to secure a quick deal with the US, or any country.”
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