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Home City card

Trade Empire

Trade Empire (tech ID YPHCExpandedTradingPost) is a Home City card in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309, in the decks of 2 civilizations, sent from the Discovery Age. Effect: Trading Post: Wood cost −20%, hit points +33%; Ships 1 Trading Post Rickshaw.

Quick answers (3)
Which civilizations have the Trade Empire card?
Chinese and Japanese.
What does Trade Empire do in AoE3?
Trading Post: Wood cost −20%, hit points +33%; Ships 1 Trading Post Rickshaw. The game says: "You get a Trading Post Rickshaw, and Trading Posts are cheaper and stronger."
What is the tech ID of Trade Empire?
YPHCExpandedTradingPost.

You get a Trading Post Rickshaw, and Trading Posts are cheaper and stronger.

What it does

1 further effect (interface, visuals or AI) not listed.

What it hands over

Total ≈ 0 resources — units at their train cost, crates and animals at what they hold.

Some civilizations get a different version of this card; the numbers above are the base card.

Cost
Shipment1
Sent from
I
Times it can be sent
1
Game ID
YPHCExpandedTradingPost

In these decks

Source: techtreey.xml and the Home City files, AoE3: DE 100.19.18309 (build 25040513).