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US-UK trade deal poses an 'existential threat' to domestic bioethanol production, warn firms

Company bosses demand Gov takes action to protect 'sovereign capability'

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Bioethanol producers have called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to protect manufactuers in the new UK-US trade deal
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Bioethanol producers have called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to protect manufactuers in the new UK-US trade deal

The US-UK trade deal poses an existential threat to domestic bioethanol production, according to two of the UK's primary producers. Paul Kenward, chief executive of ABF Sugar and Grant Pearson, chair...

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