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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

France says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK

A Mini Cooper is viewed through a round green frame on the assembly line
A Mini Cooper on the production line at Germany-headquartered BMW’s Cowley plant near Oxford. New EU laws could hit the British car industry. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

France is leading a push to exclude the UK from the EU’s “Made in Europe” policy that could result in British companies losing out in the race to supply European countries with low-carbon technologies and electric cars.

The plans were raised by Andy Burnham when he met the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, on the sidelines of the UN general assembly earlier this week.

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