Toyota wants more clarity before committing to UK

Toyota said it needs clarity on the terms of Britain’s access to EU markets after Brexit to secure production at its Burnaston plant in central England.

The Japanese carmaker’s comments echo calls from businesses in both Britain and abroad for the UK government to make progress in talks on future relations with the EU following the country’s planned departure from the bloc in March 2019.

“We cannot stay in this kind of fog when we don’t know what will be the output of the negotiations,” Toyota executive vice president Didier Leroy said at the Tokyo Motor Show.