US trade official urges Kenya to rethink ban on second-hand clothes

Traders transport bales of second-hand clothes in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A senior US trade official on Thursday urged three East African Community countries to “revisit” their collective ban on used-clothing imports.

Arguments in support of the ban put forward by Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda “are not supported by data or research,” said Ms Constance Hamilton, acting assistant US trade representative for Africa.

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