By searching for the player (only to trade; can't use search to make attacks.)

Then you enter items (probably with checkboxes, and fill-out boxes to fill out the # of that item), and the other does the same. Then either of you press "Send proposal" to ask if they approve of trade. If they press theirs, then this causes the trade to go through.

(There could be a trading fee to take care of shipping - not too expensive, not too cheap. Or there can be no such fee at all if you desire.)

The way trades are being done at the Trading Post subforums seem cumbersome and take more work than they're supposed to. Let's find a quicker way to take care of it. Quicker trade leads to quicker prosperity. In the real world, ever since revolutions in transportation and information, trade has grown faster than ever before.

What would the devs say about it?

dans working on a trade centre.

Trade Centre? You mean it? Or will it be known by any other designation?

We wouldn't happen to then fight a new alien faction named the "Owwhl'Cayeedeh," and prevent them from kamikaze'ing their ships right into the aforementioned centre in about 5 months and 10 days, would we?