SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019Steer clear of trade deals that
encourage Amazon destruction,
warns Labour
‘We cannot risk our planet to buy cheap beef,’ says party
A lucky snake yesterday escaped the forest fires in the region of Rondonia (EPA)
ANDREW WOODCOCK
Labour is demanding guarantees from Boris Johnson that he will not sign a post-Brexit trade deal with
Brazil if it fuels the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. In a warning to the prime minister to be wary of a
deal with far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been accused of encouraging loggers and ranchers to
clear the forest, shadow trade secretary Barry Gardiner said: “We cannot risk our planet to buy cheap beef.”