[Poohbah]

You're forgetting human nature. We would demand that other countries pay as much money as possible in return for as little deliverable product as possible--while simultaneously demanding that the other countries do just the opposite (sell us lots of stuff for as little money as possible).

You'd get the California power crisis (force electricity providers to buy high, then force them to sell low to customers), only this time it hits the international economy.

[Jhoffa_]

No, I am not talking about trade barriers..

I just wonder how the margin affects there raw trade dollar ammounts I see refrenced.. You know the "trade deficit" figure.

I wonder if and how the margin of these products plays into this. Because, obviously some products are much more profitable than others.