“For a global manufacturer who is running 150 markets and 14 plants around the world, to have additional documentation, to fill in a form at the border, is nothing,” Gupta said.
Yes, it's fine for large companies which can absorb the costs. That is really self evident. How it gives Nissan a 'competitive edge' is more difficult to understand. It already had no problem exporting to the EU. That's the whole reason they came to Sunderland in the first place.
They do depend on JIT deliveries from the EU for some of their components. Some of which even do several journeys in and out of the EU at various stages of their manufacture. Whether this can be maintained is an interesting question as lorries are delayed at borders for customs checks.
I can see why this is considered to be 'good news' in respect of the fact that the NE will retain the jobs and even, perhaps, gain some more. But this is really 'good news' despite Brexit, not as a result of Brexit.
The latter is what we Remainers are all agog to hear, but the silence is deafening.