Britain faces food shortages in no-deal Brexit: trade body
By Reuters
07 August 2019 |
2:03 pm
A disorderly no-deal Brexit would disrupt some food supplies for weeks or months if delays at ports leave fresh produce rotting in lorries, the industry's trade body warned on Wednesday.
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