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Top gear or crunching gears: Trade and the auto sector

Top gear or crunching gears: Trade and the auto sector

Update: 2025-04-23
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When long-established international trade flows get disrupted, it's not always easy to predict the consequences. Given the adjustments that the UK is continuing to have to make as a result of leaving the EU single market a few years ago, and now President Trump’s global 25% tariff surcharge on imports of cars and components, the challenges are starting to pile up for Britain's automotive sector. How will exporters be affected by Trump’s tariffs, how should the British Government and British carmakers respond and what are the prospects for deepening and expanding trade with other countries around the world, especially in regards to raw materials?
Joining our host, Chris Horseman (Borderlex), to discuss these issues are Emanuel Adam (British American Business), Ian Henry (AutoAnalysis) and Richard Gard (Nissan).
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Top gear or crunching gears: Trade and the auto sector

Top gear or crunching gears: Trade and the auto sector

UK Trade Policy Observatory