LOS ANGELES, United States — A California state police officer escorting a motorcade carrying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada was hurt when his motorcycle collided with a passenger car, US news media reported. Trudeau had just left the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, near Los Angeles, after delivering a speech in defense of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The Canadian leader earlier visited Chicago and San Francisco on his three-day US swing, and was set to meet Saturday with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, before returning to Ottawa. In his Friday speech, Trudeau said the trade pact uniting the United States, Canada and Mexico needs improvements but had brought clear benefits to all. The agreement has been the subject of arduous negotiations since President Donald Trump said the United States would abandon NAFTA unless Mexico and Canada offered major concessions.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 11, 2018 02:03 UTC