Kenya push for US trade talks to stir up EAC again

EAC member State flags: the customs union protocol requires joint negotiations since 2011. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya faces another tough task of convincing its East African Community partners to allow it pursue a trade agreement with the US even as a standoff persists over its duty-and-quota- free deal with Europe.

Last week, the Cabinet approved the start of talks on the establishment of a free trade arrangement between Kenya and US in a move likely to jolt the region’s economic integration.

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