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He said when the UK is free of EU rules and regulations it will be free to set its own standards. Mr Rees-Mogg, said: “We’re completely entitled to set the standards we want, and we may want
to import Australian beef rather than American beef. “But America is the most litigious country in the world. “The idea that America deliberately poisons its own population is absurd and
it’s actually code protectionism. “Critics are saying we mustn’t let the British people to buy American chickens because it’s got chlorine in it. “Well, why not let the British people
decide for themselves. “And as long as it says when you go into the supermarket: chlorinated chicken and unchlorinated chicken. We’ll see what people do. “You might decide to not buy
chlorinated chicken but other people might make a different decision.” Speaking in Washington today, Dr Fox told the audience at the American Enterprise Institute: "In a debate which
should be about how we make our contribution to global liberalisation and the increased prosperity of both the UK, the US and our trading partners, the complexities of those - the continuity
agreements, the short-term gains that we may make, the opportunities we have and our ability to work jointly towards both a free-trade agreement and WTO liberalisation - the British media
are obsessed with chlorine-washed chickens, a detail of the very end stage of one sector of a potential free trade agreement. "I say no more than that."