{"text":[[{"start":9.56,"text":"Andy Burnham will on Tuesday urge European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to let the UK participate in the EU’s new Made in Europe industrial policy, declaring: “We are not your enemies here.”"}],[{"start":21.92,"text":"The British prime minister, speaking ahead of a meeting with von der Leyen in New York, said the UK risked suffering “collateral damage” from the policy, which aims to protect EU manufacturers from Chinese competitors."}],[{"start":34.44,"text":"Burnham added that the “associate membership” of the EU which von der Leyen had suggested might be available to Canada was not an option for the UK. “The European Union made it clear that wasn’t open to us,” he said."}],[{"start":46.32,"text":"The status does not yet exist and some EU capitals have expressed reservations about the offer made to Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister."}],[{"start":54.84,"text":"Burnham’s comments on Made in Europe are his strongest suggestion yet that an EU-UK summit, due later this year, must address Britain’s concerns that its industrial base will be damaged by the bloc’s proposed industrial policy."}],[{"start":68.08,"text":"The summit, originally scheduled for July, has been pushed back as tensions rise between the two sides."}],[{"start":74.52,"text":"Burnham will hold his first face-to-face meeting with von der Leyen on the margins of the UN General Assembly."}],[{"start":79.84,"text":"“We have considerable support among the member states for the position we are taking because Europe’s argument is not with us,” Burnham told reporters en route to New York."}],[{"start":88.96,"text":"“We are making the argument we are not your enemies here — we are not the problem. Made in Europe is dealing with a different problem. We are making the argument ‘Let’s avoid collateral damage’.”"}],[{"start":99.44,"text":"Burnham noted that supply chains between Britain and the EU were very strong and could be disrupted."}],[{"start":104.72,"text":"“Let’s work towards a trusted partner approach that doesn’t cause a problem where there wasn’t a problem and where we have common cause,” he said."}],[{"start":111.8,"text":"The FT revealed last month that Burnham’s predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer, had been prepared to issue up to 100,000 visas a year to young EU citizens and allow them to study at UK universities on a “home fees” basis, as part of a wider bargain that would have involved the bloc including Britain in its Made in Europe policy."}],[{"start":132.58,"text":"The policy is intended to favour EU manufacturers when it comes to EU subsidies and public procurement. Although aimed at defending the bloc against Chinese competition, Britain could be caught in the crossfire."}],[{"start":145.74,"text":"Burnham said the Brexit vote in 2016 had caused “turbulence” and suggested that “outside actors” had sought to manipulate public opinion in the UK towards the EU — a probable reference to Russia."}],[{"start":157.04,"text":"“We need to be clearer where outside forces, our enemies, are trying to manipulate that opinion and feeling to serve their interests, not ours,” he said."}],[{"start":166.32,"text":"Burnham added: “Our focus at the moment is on a UK-EU summit which we hope will take place later this year."}],[{"start":172.76,"text":"“What we have got to do is now go to the next level in terms of reaching practical agreement that will further boost the British economy. And those issues are the substance of the summit alongside EU requests around youth mobility.”"}],[{"start":191.08,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1790077509_4920.mp3"}