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Nissan to cancel plans to make X-Trail SUV in UK amid Brexit

The Nissan logo is seen at Nissan Motor's global headquarters building in Yokohama, Japan. [Photo: Reuters]

LONDON- Japanese carmaker Nissan is cancelling plans to make the next model of its X-Trail sports utility vehicle in Britain, less than two months before the country is due to leave the European Union, broadcaster Sky News said on Saturday.

Nissan first said four months after Britain voted in June 2016 to leave the EU that it would manufacture a new model of the SUV in Britain, which was seen as a major vote of confidence in the country’s manufacturing future.

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