Blast wrote:
>Manufacturing would shift to war equipment so new iPhones or >replacement parts for your car would be almost nonexistent. - >have sturdy equipment and spare parts.
--- Soap was in very short supply. ---
Something to trade? Soap! During the fall of the Soviet Union, soap was also in short supply and a black market item. All types, but apparently laundry soap was most valuable.
Relatively cheap (not the name brands), stores nearly forever, always useful. Might be quite valuable as trading goods.