Low trade influence with my own puppet?

[armzngunz]

How is that even possible?

[Torres]

From the wiki:

Trade influence changes with a number of factors:

Base value of 150
Distance between the two countries
Relations between the importer and the exporter
Support (popularity) of the political party with the same ideology as the exporting country (except for non-aligned countries)
A larger amount of divisions along a common border.
A larger amount of ships at the exporter's coastline.
The autonomy of a puppet.