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Commerce in space will be driven by the demands of exchange and the economic factors involved.
Raw Materials:
Air and water are likely to be in high demand and even if they become somewhat abundant, will always remain treasured for their inherent importance. Food will be mostly manufactured locally, assuming you have the raw [...]

The following link is to an excellent post on dealing with trust issues with automated agents.
Trust and Transparency for Intelligent Agents

Here is a small excerpt:
You might be surprised by how many purchasing decisions robots already make. Black-box trading systems on Wall Street and across the financial markets accounted for over 1/3 of all stock [...]