I wonder, how many of these cars are assembled in Britain? And how much of the supply chain is inside Britain? Will it still be economical to import parts from the EU and assemble in Britain? Maybe the supply chain will be built inside Britain, maybe assembly will shift away from Britain. This is relevant for German as well as Japanese cars. And it's not only cars.
Whatever bilateral deals will be made post brexit, there will be a lot of shifting going on.
> I wonder, how many of these cars are assembled in Britain?
Over 450,000 Nissans are built every year in Sunderland; when it opened the plant was considered the great hope of the area, which had been devastated by the decline of British manufacturing in the 80s, and Thatcherism in the 80s.
80% of those cars are exported within the EU.
An overwhelming majority of Sunderland voted to leave.
Let's hope Nissan is not going to pull out in the coming years (supply lines, export issues).
But should that that happen, what would those people who voted for leave in Sunderland make of it? Would cognitive dissonance kick in and the blame again be placed on the EU or are they going to call for the head of Boris Johnson and Farage?
Britain has very little manufacturing left. The financial industry on the other hand will be hard hit as power and influence moves to Frankfurt/Berlin.
Whatever bilateral deals will be made post brexit, there will be a lot of shifting going on.