This paper analyzes trade deficits from a law and economics perspective. The author concludes that trade deficits are the result of faulty accounting and that economic policy should not be influenced by the presence or extent of a trade deficit because the balance of trade figure is an...

The EAC is on the verge of establishing a customs union. But this is accompanied by fears that the Customs Union would lead to trade imbalances among the Partner States, which would create serious problems for the proper functioning of the Customs Union itself. To mitigate these problems the...

African countries have over the years experienced persistent current account deficits. The role of asymmetries in explaining the response of trade balance to exchange rate movement has not received adequate attention as linear models dominate extant empirical literature. In this paper, we...