The Governor is in Canada this week and he’s doing what he can to further the trading relationship between the state and the province of Ontario.

JB Pritzker says $29 billion in trade goes between the two and Ontario is the state’s second largest export market. A new MOU was signed between the two to promote investments and an effort to see if the state and province can share skills and people to support new and emerging technologies.

Ontario would be the nation’s third largest trading partner if counted by itself. Only trailing Mexico and China.