Canada to step up UK trade with new export hub after Brexit vote

(The Telegraph, London, 17 September 2016) Canada is setting up an export agency office in the UK in an attempt to boost trade links with one of its biggest trading partners after the EU referendum. In the latest indication of the desire of non-EU countries to do more business with the UK, Export Development Canada (EDC) will open a London site this week. Britain is already Canada’s third-largest trading partner, with more than C$20bn (£11.5bn) of exports last year. The EDC said its decision to open a site in London showed that it takes “a long-term view on the strength of the UK economy following the Brexit vote, providing a stable source of capital”.