BRITISH AUTO INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION TELLS GOVERNMENT ROBUST POST-BREXIT TRADE DEAL WITH EU IS ESSENTIAL TO PROTECT UK MANUFACTURERS FROM HARM
January 1st, 2020
WITH Britain’s formal exit from the European Union (EU) happening tomorrow (January 31), the UK’s main automotive industry association has called on the government to make sure that it strikes an effective trade deal with the EU by the end of a transitional period that ends on December 31 (2020). Until then, the UK will abide by EU rules and preserve its current market access. But what worries the UK's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is that an agreement will not be forged within this tight timetable and the trading relationship between ...
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