Trade is a particular type of exchange. If we exchange Christmas gifts, another
species might interpret our behavior as trade. If monkeys groom each other that
might be trade if each paid the other $5. Otherwise, it is more likely sociability
rather than trade. Symbiotic species are not trading anymore than the plant and
animal life that make up a coral reef are trading.
Admittedly, trade can expand beyond market relations. Kids can trade baseball
cards. But the examples proposed here do not appear to be trade -- an activity in
which both parties are aware of a mutual advantage.
Michael Perelman