Brexit Bulletin: Job Cuts Come to Car Country
(World News Austria)

Jobs have been cut at Vauxhall Motors, production curbs are coming at Jaguar Land Rover, and union bosses fear this is just the prelude, Bloomberg`s Suzi Ring and Chris Jasper report. `People shouldn`t underestimate the dangers that Brexit`s bringing,` said John Cooper, a union representative who has worked in the car industry in Ellesmere Port for 50 years. `Why would Nissan continue to invest in the northeast when it`s got a plant in Spain where it can build the same car without a 10 percent tariff?` Tariffs and other hurdles to trade could be disastrous for the automotive industry since parts routinely move across borders several times during the manufacturing process. ......