The major challenge with the agreement with the European Union is the existence of non-tariff technical barriers that prevent our products from reaching the European market.
What are those barriers? For example, the European Union requires that carcasses be washed with specific products, so the cost goes up. Other products work very well, such as lemon juice or an equivalent, but we are required to use a very specific product, which comes from the European Union.
Great Britain, on the other hand, is asking us to conduct tests for specific diseases that are not found in Canada. Britain is asking that these tests be done on all carcasses, which increases costs and means that we will not have access to their market.