UK puts trade talks with Canada on pause over cheese and beef row

The UK has pulled the pin on trade discussions with Canada (Steve Parsons/PA)

Rachel Vickers-Price, Dominic McGrath and Helen William, PA

The United Kingdom has halted trade talks with Canada, with discussions breaking down due to a disagreement over beef and cheese.

The two nations have been negotiating for the last two years after Britain left the European Union, with trade continuing under the same deal originally brokered when the UK was a member of the bloc.