TRADE UP OR BE TRADED IN

摘要

Traders have played a long and storied role in international commerce, dating back to when countless merchants made their livings on the Silk Road connecting sellers of leather, silk, paper, spices and gunpowder in regions like China and the Middle East to buyers throughout the Roman Empire and elsewhere in Europe. A small, modern-day part of that tradition, base oil traders have long been key players in the lubricants industry.