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America lists trade deal with Kenya on its 2023 agenda

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President Joe Biden with President William Ruto during the U.S.-Africa Leader Summit on December 14, 2022, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House. PHOTO | PCS

By  CONSTANT MUNDA

Correspondent

President Joe Biden’s administration has prioritised the proposed bilateral trade pact with Kenya in its agenda this year ahead of the September 2025 expiry of the duty- and quota-free deal.

Washington expects to “make rapid progress” in negotiating 11 pillars of the proposed US-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP), which will replace the two-decade-old Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa).

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