Brexit and the implications for UK business: Automotive inquiry

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee of the United Kingdom House of Commons undertook to carry out a major inquiry Brexit and the implications for UK business. One sub-inquiry looked specifically at the impact of Brexit on the automotive sector.

The Committee aimed to establish how the interests of different sectors should best be pursued both in the negotiating process and post-Brexit and attempted to examine a range of issues relating to market access, non-tariff barriers, regulation, skills, R&D, trade opportunities and transitional arrangements.

Background

There were related inquiries established for the Aerospace, Civil nuclear sector, Processed food and drink sector and Pharmaceuticals.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: What does Brexit mean for the UK’s automotive industry? http://www.europeansources.info/record/what-does-brexit-mean-for-the-uks-automotive-industry/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

UK: GOV.UK: Department for Exiting the European Union: News, 12.12.16: Ministers discuss Brexit with the automotive industry https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministers-discuss-brexit-with-the-automotive-industry

SMMT: Industry Topics: Brexit https://www.smmt.co.uk/industry-topics/brexit/

The Conversation, 13.02.18: Why hard Brexit could cost UK car industry £4.5 billion in tariffs annually https://theconversation.com/why-hard-brexit-could-cost-uk-car-industry-4-5-billion-in-tariffs-annually-89552

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