I want to know the answer to the following question:
Which two countries positioned themselves to broker an new trade agreement?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The ensuing discussion of a potential political deal between Germany and the Soviet Union had to be channeled into the framework of economic negotiations between the two countries, because close military and diplomatic connections, as was the case before the mid-1930s, had afterward been largely severed.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes