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General Motors Company, commonly known as GM, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services. The current company, General Motors Company LLC ("new GM"), was formed in 2009 as a part of its 2009 bankruptcy restructuring, after the bankruptcy of General Motors Corporation ("old GM"). The new company purchased the majority of the assets of "old GM", including the name "General Motors". General Motors produces vehicles in 37 countries under twelve brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Holden, HSV, Opel, Vauxhall, Wuling, Baojun, Jie Fang, and Ravon.

The United Kingdom (UK) intends to withdraw from the European Union (EU), a process commonly known as Brexit, as a result of the June 2016 referendum in which 51.9% of votes were cast in favour of leaving the EU. The term Brexit is a portmanteau of the words Britain and exit. The referendum results prompted the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, to resign. He was succeeded by Theresa May. May announced that she intended to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, the formal procedure for withdrawing, by the end of March 2017, which per the treaty terms would put the UK on a course to leave the EU by the end of March 2019. May has promised a bill to remove the European Communities Act 1972 from the statute book and to incorporate existing EU laws into UK domestic law. The terms of withdrawal have not yet been negotiated within the EU; in the meantime, the UK remains a full member of the European Union. The UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of the EU, in 1973, and confirmed its membership in a 1975 referendum by 67.3% of the votes. In the 1970s and 1980s, withdrawal from the EEC was favoured mainly by some Labour Party and trade union figures. From the 1990s, withdrawal from the EU was favoured mainly by some Conservatives and by the newly founded UK Independence Party (UKIP).