UK minister warns ‘made in Europe’ plan could hit supply chains

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MADRID, Feb 19 (Reuters) – A British minister warned on Thursday that the European Union’s “made in Europe” plan could impact supply chains and create unnecessary trade barriers between London and some EU member countries. The comments from Nick Thomas-Symonds, Britain’s minister for EU relations, come as the European Commission prepares to publish a law next week requiring a minimum share of products backed by public money in strategic sectors be manufactured within Europe. Sign up here. “My concern is that if you had very strict preference requirements, you would risk impacting our deeply integrated supply chains that would create…