Trade Goods...what do they do exactly?

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In my current game I've developed "Diplomatic Translators" for instance and have an "Exclusive". What exactly do I do with them during some diplomatic instance? If I trade them...is it by the unit? Is the tech gone for good from me? How do I benefit by creating these "Exclusives"?

Any help is most appreciated.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
They provide a civ-wide bonus to your empire. If you like, you can sell that bonus (while keeping it yourself) in exchange for techs, money, etc, to the AIs, or buy it from them if they have the trade good.

If you lose the planet the trade good is on, then the conqueror will gain it's benefit and you lose it (same as with a wonder). Anyone you traded it to will still have the benefit, though, in this case.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
They're a little bit like a sellable Galactic Wonder.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
One thing that should be noted is that they can't be resold to other players; you can purchase (or sell, if you own the trade good) the right to use the trade goods, but you can't sell that right to other players (unless you own the planet the trade good is on). So if I bought Gravity Accelerators from the Iconians, all of my ships would have +1 speed, but I couldn't then sell Gravity Accelerators to the Yor (unless I captured the Iconian's planet that housed the trade good).
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Good points gents and thanks for the answers. I didn't want to find out the hard way that I had created the Wonder, traded it for some reason and then find out I had lost it forever.