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Trump hands lifeline to Kenya’s US exports

Workers at the United Aryan EPZ Ltd on Ring road off Thika Super Highway on January 27, 2017. SALATON NJAU| NATION

Kenya can breathe a sigh of relief after the US dropped plans to endorse a trans-pacific trade pact that would have exposed the country’s exports to America to stiff competition.

The Ministry of Trade has welcomed the move by President Donald Trump saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), would have hit hard the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (Agoa) through which Kenya sells to America duty-free.

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