Honda to Shut Major U.K. Production Plant Amid Brexit Uncertainty – The Wall Street Journal

LONDON—Japanese car maker Honda Motor Co. will shut a major production plant in the U.K., becoming the latest auto group to plan a pull back from the U.K. as Brexit looms.

The closure of the plant in Swindon, a pro-Brexit district in southwest England, was confirmed by local British lawmaker Justin Tomlinson and fills out a picture suggesting that the nation’s car-manufacturing industry is in decline.

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Honda to Shut Major U.K. Production Plant Amid Brexit Uncertainty – The Wall Street Journal