28 Jan 2019 --- As the UK heads towards the increasingly likely scenario of a “no-deal” Brexit, a potential spike in food prices and the issue of tariffs has come under the spotlight once again. In the absence of a Brexit deal – a so-called “hard Brexit” – the UK will become a “third country” to the European Union. In practice, this will mean that UK companies lose access to the EU market for exports of most agricultural products, due to the introduction of import tariffs at the EU border, according to the latest analysis from Rabobank.