PARIS/LONDON ¨C Nissan wants Britain to pledge compensation for any tax barriers resulting from its decision to leave the European Union or the automaker could scrap a potential new investment in the country¡¯s biggest car plant, its CEO said Thursday.
Carlos Ghosn¡¯s remarks indicate growing concern among global carmakers that Britain could be heading toward a hard exit from the EU, which would leave them paying tariffs to export U.K.-assembled cars to EU markets.
Nissan, which builds around a third of Britain¡¯s total car output at its plant in Sunderland, northeast England, is due to decide early next year on where to build its next Qashqai sport utility vehicle.
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