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It is not a non-sequitur, I'm arguing against a claim you made;
I think you're overstating trade and downplaying labor here. It's not the trade that's multiplicative, it's labor saving tools that expand what an hour of labor can accomplish. It's why the modern exponential explosion in economic activity correlates to industrialization, and not expanding trade routs.
I don't agree. The explosion in economic activity is not solely because of industrial advances. The global supply chain is extremely well-connected, and it's this system of global trade that is the real oil of the modern economy. There is almost nothing more advanced than a wheelbarrow that can be economically made without involving some aspect of global trade. Sure, industrial advances are part of it, but it's the trade that makes any of the products worth anything.
A machine that can manufacture a million wheelbarrows in one hour produces extremely little value unless those wheelbarrows are traded.
If you want to see what shutting off trade does to a country, take a look at the current happenings of United States.