London, August 7: A tumultuous no-deal Brexit would be a “disastrous” result for the nourishment business that could prompt genuine disturbance enduring weeks or even months, an official at the Food and Drink Federation reported on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
“The food sector is absolutely clear that a no-deal exit is a disastrous outcome for us,” Chief Operating Officer Tim Rycroft told BBC Radio.
“There will be selective shortages and they will to some extent be random because it depends on which trucks get through and which don’t. We think there will be some serious disruption and it will go on for weeks or months after our exit.”
The European Union (EU) has dismissed an attempt by newly-elected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to rewrite a Brexit arrangement over the United Kingdom(UK) withdrawal from the bloc.
According to Al-Jazeera news reports, the rejection by Michel Barnier, the EU Brexit negotiator, came as the European officials accused the PM of “bullying” and opting a “combative” bid by ratcheting up the threat of a damaged “no-deal” Brexit.
A day after taking oath as British prime minister on Thursday, Johnson set up a confrontation with Brussels by vowing to renegotiate another divorce deal, threatening if the EU rejected, he would remove his nation from the alliance on October 31 without any Brexit deal.
During his first parliamentary address as new UK PM, Johnson has said all terms of the deal struck in November by outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May were “unacceptable” that would “sign away our economic independence”.
Johnson said he would not acknowledge the Irish backdrop, a protection strategy intended to safeguard a free-streaming border between Northern Ireland and Ireland by temporarily keeping the UK attached to the EU’s economic standards. Ireland is a member of the EU, while Northern Ireland is a piece of the UK.
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