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Why Agoa extension deal signals tougher trade terms for Kenya

Kenyan workers prepare clothes for export at the New Wide Garment Export Processing Zone (EPZ) factory operating under the US African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya on September 19, 2025.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  Constant Munda

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Kenya is set to face renewed pressure to open its market wider to American goods, services, and investors after President Donald Trump late on Tuesday extended the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) through December 2026.

The re-authorisation of the preferential trade programme applied retroactively from September 30, 2025, meaning exporters will get back the tariff benefits they had lost since the pact lapsed.

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