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Future Free Trade Agreements

I have a philosophical question. There are two schools of thought regarding what is to blame for the Honda situation. It is either Brexit and

the anticipation of trouble at the borders either now or in 21 months’ time as the Prime Minister kicks the can down the road and we leave the customs union and the single market; or, as the hon. Gentleman has just postulated, it is the EU-Japan free trade agreement. If it is the latter, is it not negligent for a country within the EU not to raise this issue as a defensive interest and ensure that this situation did not happen? It would seem to be extreme UK negligence for a country within the EU to have burned its car industry on the basis of getting a free trade agreement.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
654 c1633 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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