World trade centers

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This article is about world trade centers across the globe. For the New York World Trade center, see World Trade Center. For other uses, see World Trade Center (disambiguation)

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.

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.^[1]

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 100 countries. The WTCA is an unofficial umbrella trade association that unites corporations and government agencies in international trade.

[edit] List of prominent world trade centers

Buildings around the world known by this title include the following:

North America

Atlanta - World Trade Center Atlanta
Baltimore - Baltimore World Trade Center
Boston - Boston World Trade Center; see also World Trade Center (MBTA station)
Buffalo, New York - Now Closed
Dallas - World Trade Center Dallas
Denver - World Trade Center Denver
Durham - World Trade Center North Carolina
Edmonton - Edmonton World Trade Centre
Guadalajara, Jalisco - World Trade Center Guadalajara
Halifax - World Trade and Convention Centre
Los Angeles - World Trade Center Los Angeles
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
Loudoun County, Virginia - World Trade Center Dulles Airport (Future, Pending Zoning Approval)
Mexico City - World Trade Center México
Montreal - World Trade Centre Montreal
New Orleans - World Trade Center New Orleans
New York - New York City World Trade Center, destroyed in September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Norfolk, Virginia - World Trade Center-Norfolk
Orlando, Florida - World Trade Center Orlando (proposed)
Ottawa - World Trade Centre
Portland, Oregon - World Trade Center Portland
St. Louis - World Trade Center Saint Louis
Saint Paul, Minnesota World Trade Center Saint Paul
Vancouver - World Trade Centre Vancouver
Veracruz, Veracruz - World Trade Center Veracruz
Wilson, North Carolina - World Trade Center Wilson

Central America

Panama - World Trade Center Panama
San Salvador - World Trade Center San Salvador

South America

Barranquilla - World Trade Center
Bogotá - World Trade Center
Guayaquil - Guayaquil World Trade Center
Montevideo - World Trade Center Montevideo
Santiago - World Trade Center Santiago
São Paulo - World Trade Center São Paulo
Valencia, Venezuela World Trade Center Valencia (Under Construction)

Europe

Amsterdam - World Trade Center Amsterdam Holland, Zuidas area
Arnhem - World Trade Center Arnhem Nijmegen, Rijntoren
Athens - World Trade Center Athens
Barcelona - World Trade Center Barcelona
Belgrade - World Trade Center
Belfast - World Trade Center
Brussels - World Trade Center
Bucharest, Romania - Bucharest World Trade Center
Budapest, Hungary - Budapest Congress & World Trade Center
Cologne - World Trade Center Koeln
Cornellà de Llobregat - World Trade Center
Dresden - World Trade Center Dresden
Eindhoven - World Trade Centre Eindhoven
Gdynia - World Trade Centre Gdynia
Grenoble - World Trade Center
Gothenburg - World Trade Center
Helsinki - World Trade Center Helsinki
Hull and Humber - World Trade Centre Hull and Humber
Istanbul - World Trade Center Istanbul
Ljubljana - World Trade Centre Ljubljana
London - World Trade Centre (London), destroyed on February 10th 1996 by IRA bomb blast
Malmö - World Trade Center Malmö
Milton Keynes - There is a WTC complex in a new high rise development called The Hub:MK
Northern Ireland - This World Trade Center is in planning stages
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
Sofia - World Trade Center Sofia (Interpred)
Stockholm - World Trade Center Stockholm
Moscow - World Trade Center Moscow
Tallinn - World Trade Center Tallinn
Turku - World Trade Center Turku
Vienna - World Trade Center Vienna-Airport
Willemstad, Curaçao - World Trade Center Curaçao
Zürich - World Trade Center Zurich
Zagreb - World Trade Center Zagreb - Croatia
Zaragoza - World Trade Center Zaragoza