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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Lauren Almeida

Trade deal with US could spell end of UK’s bioethanol industry, say bosses

A combine harvester harvests wheat in fields
‘Hundreds of growers will lose a dependable market for wheat that cannot be used in bread making,’ the industry bosses said. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The British bioethanol industry could collapse as a result of Keir Starmer’s trade deal with Donald Trump, industry bosses have said.

The bosses of ABF Sugar and Ensus, the companies behind almost all of the UK’s production capacity of bioethanol – a petrol substitute produced from agricultural products – have said hundreds of jobs in north-east England and Yorkshire could be at risk as a result of the deal.

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