Premier Dennis King and about two dozen P.E.I. government officials and industry leaders packed onto a bus Sunday for a five-day road trip through the northeastern United States.

The trip is aimed at strengthening business and political partnerships as the looming threat of trade tariffs becomes closer to reality.

The group, wearing black Team P.E.I. jackets and tuques, will bunk in Bangor, Maine, on Sunday night before making other stops in Maine and New Hampshire en route to Boston.

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