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A world trade center is a center for world trade. Many exist around the world:
World trade centers
- World Trade Center (general definition) A world trade center puts together under one roof all the services associated with global commerce, a kind of supermarket or shopping mall providing networking access between corporations and governments. "A World Trade Center in any city is a business shopping center, complementing and supporting the existing services of private and government agencies", explains World Trade Center Association (WTCA) President, Guy F. Tozzoli.
- In foreign languages, the "WTC" expression is sometimes mistranslated as the world's "center of the trade," especially in relation to the New York City WTC.
- World Trade Center (in general)
World Trade Centers (or World Trade Centres), usually abbreviated WTC, arose in the United States and Japan in the 1970s, spearheaded by New York City's World Trade Center.
- The World Trade Centers Association founded in 1970 and based in New York City, is an organization of nearly 300 world trade centers in almost 200 countries. The WTCA is an unofficial umbrella trade association that unites corporations and government agencies in international trade.
- The New York World Trade Center was a complex of seven office buildings in New York City that were destroyed in the attacks of 9/11.
- Boston's World Trade Center is located on Commonwealth Pier in South Boston.
- Baltimore's World Trade Center is the world's tallest equilateral five-sided building.
List of Prominent World Trade Centers
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Buildings around the world known by this title include the following:
North America
- US — Baltimore — Baltimore World Trade Center
- US — Boston — Boston World Trade Center
- US — Buffalo — Buffalo World Trade Center (now closed)
- US — Dallas — World Trade Center Dallas
- US — Denver — World Trade Center Denver
- US — Durham — World Trade Center North Carolina
- Canada — Edmonton — Edmonton World Trade Centre
- Mexico — Guadalajara — World Trade Center Guadalajara
- Canada — Halifax — World Trade and Convention Centre
- US — Los Angeles — World Trade Center Los Angeles
- US — Long Beach — World Trade Center Long Beach
- US — Loudoun County — World Trade Center Dulles Airport (future, pending zoning approval)
- Mexico — Mexico City — World Trade Center México
- Canada — Montreal — World Trade Centre Montreal
- US — New Orleans — World Trade Center New Orleans
- US — New York — New York City World Trade Center (destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks)
- US — Norfolk — World Trade Center-Norfolk
- US — Orlando — World Trade Center Orlando (proposed)
- Canada — Ottawa — World Trade Centre
- US — Portland — World Trade Center Portland
- US — Saint Louis — World Trade Center Saint Louis
- Canada — Vancouver — World Trade Center Vancouver
- Mexico — Veracruz — World Trade Center Veracruz
- US — Wilson — World Trade Center Wilson
Central America
South America
- Colombia — Barranquilla — World Trade Center Barranquilla
- Colombia — Bogotá — World Trade Center Bogotá
- Ecuador — Guayaquil — Guayaquil World Trade Center
- Uruguay — Montevideo — World Trade Center Montevideo
- Chile — Santiago — World Trade Center Santiago
- Brazil — São Paulo — World Trade Center São Paulo
- Venezuela — Valencia — World Trade Center Valencia (under construction)
Europe
- The Netherlands — Zuidas — World Trade Center Amsterdam Holland
- The Netherlands - World Trade Center Twente
- Athens — World Trade Center Athens
- Barcelona — World Trade Center Barcelona
- Belgrade — World Trade Center Belgrade
- Belfast — World Trade Center Belfast
- Brussels — World Trade Center Brussels
- Bucharest, Romania — Bucharest World Trade Center
- Budapest, Hungary — Budapest Congress & World Trade Center
- Cologne — World Trade Center Koeln
- Dresden — World Trade Center Dresden
- Eindhoven — World Trade Centre Eindhoven
- Gothenburg — World Trade Center
- Helsinki — World Trade Center Helsinki
- Hull and Humber — World Trade Centre Hull and Humber
- Istanbul — World Trade Center Istanbul
- Leipzig — World Trade Centre Leipzig
- Ljubljana — World Trade Centre Ljubljana
- London — World Trade Centre (London)
- Milton Keynes — There is a WTC complex in a new high rise developement called The Hub:MK
- Paris — World Trade Center Paris
- Pescara — World Trade Center Pescara
- Poznań — World Trade Center Poznań
- Rotterdam — Beurs World Trade Center Rotterdam (WTC Rotterdam)
- Seville — World Trade Center Sevilla
- Stockholm — World Trade Center Stockholm
- Malmö — World Trade Center Malmö
- Tallinn — World Trade Center Tallinn
- Willemstad, Curaçao — World Trade Center Curaçao
- Zürich — World Trade Center Zurich
- Zagreb — World Trade Center Zagreb — Croatia
Asia
- Bangkok — World Trade Center Bangkok, now renamed Central World Plaza
- Beijing — International Trade Centre in Guomao
- Colombo — World Trade Center Colombo
- Dubai — Dubai World Trade Centre
- Hong Kong — World Trade Centre
- Jakarta — World Trade Center Jakarta
- Kuala Lumpur — Putra World Trade Centre
- Macau — World Trade Center Macau
- Manila — World Trade Center Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines
- Moscow — World Trade Center Moscow (Центр международной торговли)
- Mumbai — World Trade Center Mumbai
- Osaka — Osaka World Trade Center Building
- Seoul —— World Trade Center Seoul
- Shanghai — World Trade Center Shanghai
- Singapore — World Trade Center Singapore, now renamed HarbourFront Centre
- Taipei — Taipei World Trade Center
- Tokyo — World Trade Center Tokyo
- Thailand — CentralWorld, a shopping mall in Bangkok (formerly known as World Trade Center)
Africa
- Cairo — World Trade Center Cairo
- Johannesburg — World Trade Center Johannesburg
- Lagos — World Trade Center Lagos
- Luanda — World Trade Center Luanda
- Tripoli — World Trade Center Tripoli
Australasia
Other uses
- World Trade Center (film) for the 2006 movie
- World Trade Center (PATH station) for the PATH station
- World Trade Center (MBTA station) for the MBTA station
- World Trade Center (subway station) for the New York City Subway station
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