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US trade deal will destroy UK’s bioethanol industry, bosses warn

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Thousands of green jobs said to be at risk because of giveaways in pact signed with Washington .

One of Starmer ’s concessions to Trump was reduction of British tariffs on US ethanol from 19% to zero .

The agreed 1.4 billion litre quota far outstripped the amount exported by the US to Britain last year .

“We are meeting with leaders from all sectors, including ethanol producers, to discuss the impacts of this deal.” Senior government figures met with both ABF and Enus last week . The vast majority of UK arable production is for food and animal feed. Less than 1 per cent of arable land is used for biofuel production..

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