{"id":145012,"date":"2018-06-22T17:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T17:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/bmw-joins-airbus-in-brexit-warning\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T17:01:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T17:01:50","slug":"bmw-joins-airbus-in-brexit-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/bmw-joins-airbus-in-brexit-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW joins Airbus in Brexit warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mini cars\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/19CD\/production\/_100150660_mini.cars.line.g.png\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">The car giant BMW has followed plane maker Airbus in warning of the adverse consequences of Brexit. <\/p>\n<p>BMW UK boss Ian Robertson told the BBC it needed clarity by the end of the summer. It makes the Mini and Rolls Royce in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Airbus warned it could leave the UK if it exits the European Union single market and customs union without a transition deal.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government says it is confident of getting a good deal for industry.<\/p>\n<p>The customs union brings together the EU&#039;s 28 members in a duty-free area, in which they pay the same rate of duty on non-EU goods.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brexit: All you need to know<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prime Minister Theresa May has ruled out staying in the customs union. The UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Robertson said he needed to know what the government&#039;s preferred position is on customs and trade within months or his company - and the UK&#039;s - competitive position could be harmed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If we don&#039;t get clarity in the next couple of months we have to start making those contingency plans - which means investing money in systems that we might not need...  which means making the UK less competitive than it is in a very competitive world right now,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was a decisive issue that ultimately could damage his industry.<\/p>\n<p>Airbus, in its Brexit &quot;risk assessment&quot; published on Thursday, said if the UK left the EU next year without a deal - meaning it left both the single market and customs union immediately and without any agreed transition - it would &quot;lead to severe disruption and interruption of UK production&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>Please upgrade your browser<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.files.bbci.co.uk\/include\/newsspec\/19077-brexit-glossary\/assets\/project-assets\/brexit_logo--small.png\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Your guide to Brexit jargon<\/h2>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                             Enter the word or phrase you are looking for                                                                                                                                                                                             Search<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images The car giant BMW has followed plane maker Airbus in warning of the adverse consequences of Brexit. 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