To Trade is to offer a material incentive to resolve a Conflict. It is an attempt to align the wills of agents through the structured exchange of physical goods, governed by principles of subjective value rather than objective worth.
It is one of the three core actions an agent can take within the universal, turn-based system of social conflict known as the Social Arena. The deep mechanics governing how all agents appraise subjective value and engage in trade are detailed in the core document: