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Canada launches $5 billion program to help exporters reach new markets

More financing to be made available through Farm Credit Canada

By Reuters

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Ottawa | Reuters—Canada is launching a $5 billion program to help Canadian exporters reach new markets as part of a suite of measures to support businesses and workers in response to U.S. tariffs, the federal government said in a statement Friday.

The government will also make $1 billion in new financing available through Farm Credit Canada to help farmers and agricultural businesses address cash flow problems, the statement said.

—Reporting by Promit Mukherjee and Ryan Patrick Jones