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.
Rebutting accusations about Chinese manufacturers in the UK.
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If you look at the impact analysis of such a policy, the consequences for the EU [of] excluding the UK are much more difficult.
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…
I condemn it. I mean, peaceful protest – (is an) essential part of British life, but that’s not dressing up in costumes like this and disrupting people’s lives.
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.
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