You're one of these people that get off on being technically correct even though it has no value to the discussion at large. No, 100% of Brits were not surveyed and all said no and as I said in another comment, the poorest of the country would likely buy it because it would be the cheapest option.

> The whole idea of "race to the bottom" implies at least some portion consumers are going to choose the inferior product

Yup.

> directly contradicts the original claim that British consumers have rejected US chicken

No it doesn't.

> the US needs to force them to buy it

Why let the US force foreigners to buy an inferior product?

Better solution: block inferior products from being imported. Then people choose to purchase not-inferior products.

This kind of bunk is why I outgrew being a libertarian four decades ago. Transparency, anti-fraud laws, and standards make markets work. Fantasies about "network states" do not.