That’s a sector that came in for a bit of a shock this week with the release of data that showed that a Chinese car - the Jaecoo 7 - was the number one car in the UK for the first time ever.

the UK will have a significant new component in its own domestic supply chain. Yes, we will be dependent on foreign expertise and investment. But we will also be miles ahead of other G7 countries when it comes to being open to the extraordinary rise of the world’s biggest car exporter, China. And that rise has only just begun.