President Donald J. Trump and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta walk along the Colonnade Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at the White Hous.
Can a U.S.-Kenya Free Trade Deal Beat the Deadlines?
The Trump administration and Kenyan government have launched negotiations for a trade agreement that could be the most significant development in U.S-Africa trade relations since the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) passed Congress in 2000. But there are several issues that have to be addressed. A further complication is the timeline, with the approaching Presidential election in the United States this year and Kenya in 2022. Writing for The Conversation, Elijah N. Munyi outlines what Kenya must do to negotiate an equitable agreement.
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Kenya: Kenya-U.S. Free Trade Talks Are Under Way - What Nairobi Must Get Right From Start
The Conversation Africa, 17 August 2020
The United States and Kenya formally launched negotiations for a free trade agreement on 8 July 2020. With the US gearing up for presidential elections in a few months, these talks… Read more »
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Kenya: Will U.S.-Kenya Trade Negotiations Succeed?
Brookings, 29 July 2020
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration and Kenyan government launched trade negotiations in early July. Depending on the outcome of the negotiations, which were… Read more »
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USTR, 8 July 2020
Today, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Kenya Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade, and Enterprise Development Betty Maina formally launched trade… Read more »
InFocus
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The U.S. government has made public a summary of key negotiation points in the proposed bilateral deal, which will see Kenya lift tariffs on all U.S. agricultural products and open ... Read more »
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It is now expected that in the next 30 days, the U.S. trade representative's office will publish a notice in the Federal Register, requesting the public's input on the direction, ... Read more »
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Completion of a bilateral trade pact between the two nations could reportedly bring major benefits to Kenya's economy and enhance the nation's political standing in Africa and ... Read more »
