Balance of Payments

Kenya and the US look set to sign a free-trade deal despite Trump’s attacks on global trade

Under President Trump, the US stance towards global trade has become increasingly protectionist, with billions of dollars of tariffs placed on goods from countries all over the world, engagement in a devastating trade war with […]

Balance of Payments

A trade deal between the US and China seems imminent… But what even is a Trade War and how do they fight?

Trade wars are not fought with guns, missiles, planes, or ships. Instead they are fought with the raw power of economics, and in particular a special type of tax called tariffs. These are taxes which […]