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Honda announces U.K. plant closure ahead of Brexit

By Bloomberg
20 February 2019   |   5:30 am
Honda Motor Co. dealt a blow to the British auto industry just weeks before the Brexit deadline as it announced plans to close its U.K. plant.

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