Buff transports cargo or buff loot price or rework smuggling.
Only nerf GB missions slightly.
only have GB+ Missions around warzones.
Pirates are bloody boring to play as, the little RP they get and do is trash and really don't last long.
Trading is boring and mostly AFK and shouldn't take priority.
Pirates are more fun going back to their factions and fighting other military forces and things which fire back. There's weight and consequence there. It's more interesting to have an inrp talk about some war or independence than it is to say a few lines and either get 15 mil or a blue on some random meaningless name.