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[pamelrabo]

Exactly that.

My civ is starved for steel, so i reclaimed a fortress and turned out to be a great iron quarry. So, for roleplaying purposes, I've decided this city's mission is to send the king a yearly tithe of iron and steel bars. But, ¿Does it affect the global game? The caravan never has any steel or iron coming from the mountainhomes, so I assume the warriors there are using bronze and copper, maybe silver for weapons.

¿Will they have steel gear if I give the king steel and iron? ¿Does it mean anything in case they suffer sieges or goblins invasions?

I'm pretty sure it's been discussed already, I cannot be the first one thinking of it, but I didn't find a relevant thread.

[Ninjabread]

All dwarven civs have access to steel gear whether they have access to iron or not. Also I think trading actually having an impact on things outside of your fortress won't really happen till the economy is re-implemented.

[Bortness]

Here's a literal tangible game benefit aside from RP:

It pleases Armok, and as such makes the economy of the Dwarven spirit stronger.

Thank you.

[PatrikLundell]

As mentioned, dwarves always have access to the alloys (steel and bronze) regardless of access to the source metals.
As far as I understand, exported trade goods are stored in giant piles (to be seen in adventure mode), but are not otherwise making any impact. Civs are given resources based on what they have access to in the immediate area around the starting location, and that is static, and probably won't change until an economy shifting things gets implemented.

[Saiko Kila]

Even becoming a capital won't have an impact. I would gladly see other examples, but from my own experience it doesn't matter what you give or what you have under your fortress - the caravans trades will be similar, when it comes to resources (they had no iron - they won't have iron). Giving expensive stuff may make the caravans bigger though, at least it seems so in case of elves.

[pamelrabo]

Ah, well then, s'ok.
RP and silly proyects are anyway my reason to keep playing anyway.

But it would have been so great if the mountainhomes had  some kind of external supply and demand system. ¡ I'll wait, I guess !

[Fleeting Frames]

One exception is that the books available are civ-wide, and your dwarves writing new ones expands that list.

Another is supposed to be artifacts you trade, but I haven't checked personally.

[Cathar]

It may or may not be related, but in adventure mode, I recently saw my queen sporting some of the very expensive rope reed jewelry I traded during fort gameplay. I found that to be totally awesome, especially since she was really looking like a farmer before that.