Stellantis and Renault back UK for EU car industry protection

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Brussels and London today, two of Europe's biggest carmakers are lobbying on the same issue.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorStellantis and Renault want Britain included in proposed rules to protect the European Union's car industry.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo Britain left the club and now two carmakers are asking if it can come back in through the side door.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRoughly, yes. The Guardian reports that Emanuele Cappellano, who runs Stellantis's European brands including Fiat, Citroën, Opel and Vauxhall, backs that inclusion.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe head of Renault's European operation does too.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVauxhall. Of course.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThere is a condition.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBoth executives urge the British government to consider limiting imports of cars from China, which is the whole reason the wall exists.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the door has a bouncer, and the bouncer is looking at Chinese cars and saying not today, lads.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have watched trade ministers describe protection as friendship for forty years.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is friendship with a tariff attached, and the tariff is usually the part that lasts.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo a carmaker asks for a wall, then asks for the wall to be bigger.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn a few minutes, a different kind of invasion in California: which winged pests are swarming Los Angeles, and why are officials warning people?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAll of this comes down to whose car gets the nod at the door.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRegrettably, that is accurate.