Jonathan Reynolds: “A company the size of JLR, which is a huge British success story, at various times in its business cycle, the number of…”

I just want to be clear: when we make any trade decision in terms of trade defence tariffs in relation to the EU, that’s based on the UK interest – it’s not based on any other country asking for that.

The UK currently has no major Chinese manufacturer based in its automotive sector, so we’re not making vehicles here and sending them to the single market through some sort of back door.

We’ve got to be cognisant of this long-term position with the EU. But frankly, there’s a job to be done here and now, which we’re doing.

Obviously, if you enter those arrangements, you are doing things collectively. So there would be trade relationships with the UK that were based on Europe, the EU as a whole – that is how the European Union works in terms of its…