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Negotiations between the UK and Canada on a trade agreement broke down early last year, before the British general election, after a dispute over beef and cheese.

But 1994’s North American Free Trade Agreement opened the floodgates: now roughly 90% of the avocados consumed here are imported.

The EU has launched a formal review of its own trade agreement with Israel and Kallas said she would present "options" at the upcoming EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on 23 June.

Meanwhile, the EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc would be reviewing its trade agreement with Israel in light of its actions in Gaza.

"The first deal and the best deal so far with the US, we've got the best deal with the EU for any country outside the EU, and we've got the best trade agreement with India," Reeves added.