Buying a car on finance in the UK has hit a stop sign. Hello, this is the Marketplace Morning Report,

and we're coming to you live from the BBC World Service. I'm Leanna Byrne. But first, our top story,

we begin in Canada, where British Columbia's port employers have locked out foreman in response to strike action.

And that could potentially halt $575 million in daily trade.

The union says this move is an overreaction,

but employers say it's necessary to prevent escalation.

Businesses are looking for a federal intervention.

And as disruption begins in Vancouver,

another major strike has come to an end in the US.

Factory staff at Aviation

Giant Boeing are set to return to work from a seven-week walkout after accepting a new pay deal.

You can hear the full details on Marketplace Morning Report later this morning. Now here in the UK,

the world of car finance sales worth $50 billion last year has been thrown into chaos by a court ruling.

It said dealerships must make it clear how much commission they are making. The ruling could lead

to multi-billion dollar compensation payments. Shelly and Horne is an economist at Grand Thornton

who's working with some of the parties affected. Hi, Shellyne. Good morning.

Shellyan, really quick question for you. How does car finance in the UK work?

A consumer would go into a car showroom and quite often they would want to buy finance. So rather

than sort of paying for the car up front, they would in effect take a car loan. And that car loan,

you would think maybe you were getting it from the showroom,

but actually there'd be a finance agreement that would be backed by a lender. So it typically

be a sort of high street bank or another bank that you may have heard of. They would be selling

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