by Stuart Bailey Sat Dec 30, 2017 3:51 pm
In G7 Spain has signed or offered various trade treaties with various powers which favoured specific products/trades.
For example lower tarriff rates on Baltic Timber & Maritime products in exchange for lower rates on Spanish Wine & colonial Tobacco & Sugar. While another trade agreement had Genoa lower taxes on Milanese trade crossing its territory and linked its cannal system to Milan in exchange for low tarriff access to Spanish colonial markets.
Spain even agreed the classic trade treaty with England which lowered the rate charged on Spanish Wines, Brandy & Sherry while getting the rate on French Wines & Spirits increased sharply. In exchange for a lower rate on English Manufactured Goods and Slaves going to the American colonies.
Sadly for Spanish Wine & Sherry Exports & English Manufacturers the French then put a Jacobite Government into power in England which ripped up the agreement with Spain and favoured the drinking of French Brandy & Champagne and beat up the English Merchants/Slavers I was getting on so well with.
Not sure if adding colour and detail to trade in this way has had any in game effect but I find it fun.
PS Think of the poor Privateers.......taking a cargo of Wine, Tobacco, Timber or Slaves is so much more fun than taking a generic "General Goods"........in G10 thinking about making any Captain without a proper goods manifest walk the plank.
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