Honda Canada plans to take advantage of the still-to-be ratified free-trade agreement with the European Union to produce vehicles for export to Europe for the first time, the auto company announced Monday.

Speaking at his flagship manufacturing plant, Honda CEO Jerry Chenkin said the Canada-EU trade deal was the "catalyst" for the plan to export the next generation of the company's CR-V cross-over to Europe.

This has been excerpted from the 30 March 2015 edition of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/honda-canada-planning-to-export-vehicles-to-europe-under-canada-eu-trade-deal-1.3015375