FORBES: The Port of Los Angeles is no longer the nation's leading port, further evidence that the U.S.-China trade war is scrambling the deck chairs of U.S. trade.
Laredo, a city of 260,000 hard on the U.S.-Mexico border, is.
In the month of March, the latest U.S. Census Bureau data available, Port Laredo's trade was $20.09 billion while trade through the Los Angeles port's was $19.66 billion. Laredo's trade was up 9.52 percent from February while the Port of Los Angeles' trade was down 10.01 percent.
Although it is just one month of trade, and although the Port of Los Angeles remains the nation's top-ranked port year-to-date among the more than 450 airports, seaports and border crossings, it is just one more sign that President Trump's efforts to force change in China's policies is having an impact.
Editor's Note: The above feature was written by Ken Roberts for Forbes Magazine. Click here to read the full story.
