Recommendation 18

As the Tariff Rate Quotas progress towards a highly liberalised trade arrangement, the UK Government, in consultation with the Welsh Government and Welsh industry, should publish an action plan which sets out how farms in Wales will be supported to compete in the new market and how any negative economic effects will be identified and mitigated. This plan should be prepared with the acknowledgment that its purpose is not only to protect individual Welsh farms but to maintain the economic and social wellbeing of rural communities across Wales. The action plan should be published by the end of May 2028 which represents the mid-point between implementation of the Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreements and the first significant milestone in the liberalisation of beef and sheep meat Tariff Rate Quotas. (Recommendation, Paragraph 91)