How many cars do we sell to Europe? How many do they sell to us? Who has more to lose?I think you missed my point. Petty regulations at the point of import are standard practice in the motor industry worldwide; this is an example of what is meant by trade barriers. Currently our car manufacturers do not face such barriers when exporting Nissans and Range Rovers built in the UK to our partners in Europe. If we end up outside the EU we will be faced with those trade barriers, and it's not hard to imagine most of the foreign owned UK car plants relocating to continental Europe; they'd be mad not to. It would also be more expensive for you to buy a German or French manufactured vehicle because of course those trade barriers would work both ways.
This is one thing the outers haven't considered - how would they react if, say, Germany pulled out? I very much doubt they would be keen to see our Government bend over backwards to agree trade deals with them.
