### Instruction:

Extract the cause and effect entities from the following sentence:
The start-state of the Data Sync Trade Item business process begins during the initial discussions between the trading partners and the need to exchange item information

### Assistant:

VARIABLE: the
CONDITION: initial
KEYWORD: during
AND: and
EFFECT_1: The start-state of the Data Sync Trade Item business process begins
CAUSE_1: the initial discussions between the trading partners
CAUSE_2: the need to exchange item information

