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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O’Carroll in Brussels

Excluding UK from ‘Made in Europe’ law will hurt entire EU car industry, Mercedes boss warns

Car bodies hang from yellow overhead rigs on a Mercedes-Benz factory assembly line
A production line at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Rastatt, Germany. Photograph: Christoph Steitz/Reuters

Locking the UK out of the EU’s flagship industrial “Made in Europe” legislation would amount to a “deliberate choice” by EU leaders to “hurt” the car industry across the bloc, the head of Mercedes-Benz has said.

Speaking in his capacity as president of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Ola Källenius said such a move would “weaken the industry on both sides”.

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