"One Chinese company wants to build a massive trade center for.North American buyers of consumer goods."

Having lived and worked in Detroit for a few decades, I can distinctly remember when Manny Moroun was peddling the same moonshine - announcing that he was going to transform his newly-purchased Michigan Central Station into a World Trade Center;

I seem to have heard every story too many times and I'm jaded now about trade centers - among other things - I think its another term for either no plan or no plan that the public should be made aware of. From the Detroit Free Press:

"The station has been owned by Moroun, a trucking mogul and owner of the Ambassador Bridge, since 1995.
Many ideas have been floated on what to do with the depot, including a 2001 proposal by Moroun to make the station an international trade and customs center"