News / Tariff uncertainty leaves a nasty taste in the mouth of UK food and drink sector

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Tariff uncertainties tied to the continuing and frustrating EU-UK negotiations are forcing food and drink industry players to gamble on their post-Brexit operations.

Ian Wright, CEO of the Food & Drink Federation, told the UK’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee today that with 14 working days until the end of the transition period, the uncertainty was forcing his members into “a binary choice”.

He said: “The problem with the tariff uncertainty is that we don’t know what they’ll be, or with 14 ...