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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Nissan maps out deal to build cars for China’s Chery at its Sunderland plant

Workers assemble a suspended car chassis with red bodywork on a factory production line
A Nissan employee works on the Sunderland assembly line. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Nissan has agreed to look at building cars in northern England for Chinese manufacturer Chery, in a move that would secure jobs at the UK’s largest car factory and begin mass-market Chinese car production in Britain for the first time.

The Japanese carmaker said on Wednesday it had signed a non-binding agreement and that discussions were ongoing over contract manufacturing by Nissan for Chery, which is part-owned by the Chinese state.

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