The Ties That Bind

Countries trade for numerous reasons, some more apparent than others. I personally believe that countries trade for relationships and diplomacy. At nearly any given time a country will need something and another will have it for trade or sell. Countries can be categories into two groups. The first group of countries are producers. They make the products that other countries desire, may those products be necessities or luxuries. The second group of countries are consumers, they purchase the products that the producer produced or quite possibly trade for them.