Not recognizing the importance of the English automotive industry could be a serious danger.

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Accounting for 12%, the car manufacturing industry employs nearly a million people in the UK alone.

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And exiting the European Union without a a deal with access to the single market could endanger those jobs, according to Jens Ladefoged. Asian car manufacturers want to move production into other European countries instead.

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"The market is just better there," he said.

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He claims that the UK will find it difficult to negotiate good trade deals outside of the European Union. Negotiating power is down to economy size, he says.

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"Trade policies are a tough game. The EU has a strong negotiating power, but the UK does not," he said.