Surprises: O’Hare Is Nation’s Top ‘Port,’ Canada Is Top Trade Partner For 2021

Surprises: O’Hare Is Nation’s Top ‘Port,’ Canada Is Top Trade Partner For 2021

Canada ranked as the nation's top trade partner last year for the first time since 2014.

Canada edged out Mexico to rank as the nation’s top trade partner in 2021 and Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport slipped past the Port of Los Angeles to rank as the nation’s top “port” for the first time, according to my analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released today.