Game Guys, Inc. needed a special silicon substrate. The company executives knew a new start-up in India, Silicon Sisters, Inc., was the best in the world at efficiently mass-producing the product. The Indian company needed MSG (metallurgical grade silicon) in order to make the substrate, which it knew it could get from a Chinese firm. The Chinese firm (mostly owned by the Chinese government) agreed to supply the silicon to Silicon Sisters if it could get a certain quantity of gaming hardware from Game Guys. This beneficial exchange is described as:

Countertrading refers to the exchange of goods and services between companies without the exchange of money. it can be described as a fancy, modern and large scale form of bartering.

In this case, Silicon Sisters (an Indian company) will exchange gaming hardware from Game Guys (an American company) in order to obtain metallurgical grade silicon from a Chinese company. Silicon Sisters will then sell silicon substrate to Game Guys in exchange for money and products.