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If I choose Consume: Trade, do I have to sell a good first?
The designer (Tom Lehmann) answered this directly on BoardGameGeek, and the rulebook is consistent with it.
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- Race for the Galaxy rulebook · Rulebook · IV: CONSUME
Yes — the Trade bonus makes you sell one good (if you have one) before you apply your consume powers, and you cannot hold the good back for a consume power instead. Only a player who chose Consume: Trade can sell, even without Trade powers or consume powers.