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<p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) remains the starting point for
our new relationship. The sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) chapter of the TCA puts
in place a framework that allows the UK and the EU to take informed decisions to reduce
their respective SPS controls, with a commitment to avoid unnecessary barriers to
trade.</p><p> </p><p>We are open to discussions with the EU on steps we can take to
reduce trade friction; however, these cannot be on the basis of dynamic alignment
with EU rules, as this would compromise UK sovereignty over our own laws.</p>
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