Michel Barnier’s threat over British car industry rubbished – UK position ‘not absurd’

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MICHEL BARNIER'S threat to slap tariffs on automotive parts exported from the UK to the EU has been rubbished by a Brexit specialist.

, professor Alex de Ruyter, from Birmingham University’s Centre for Brexit Studies explained why UK officials put forward this proposal.“The issue is this – usually, in order to take advantage of preferential low or zero tariffs in a trade agreement, a country needs to prove that a certain percentage of that good is made domestically.

 

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Questioned. Hardly rubbished. But regardless, non-tariff barriers cannot be ignored. These could undermine just in time manufacturing using imported components, making the UK a less attractive place to build vehicles.

It's amusing that they threaten that to the 4th largest importer of BMW cars in the world. Please continue, Mr Barnier.

I thought Michel Barnier was Darth Vader, now he's on the good books?

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