As tense NAFTA talks continue, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to make a three-city trip to the United States next month to explore new business opportunities and strengthen bilateral ties. Trudeau will stop in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago from Feb. 7-10. Today's announcement comes ahead of the sixth round of North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation talks, which start Tuesday in Montreal. In San Francisco, he's scheduled to meet with local business leaders and entrepreneurs to "explore opportunities for increased collaboration between our countries." Last week, a Reuters report that the Canadian government was increasingly expecting Trump to terminate NAFTA caused the dollar and markets to fall.

Source: CBC News January 19, 2018 15:48 UTC