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Biden Set to Review Kenya's Trump-Era Trade Agreements

The new U.S. administration reportedly wants to ensure the negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement and talks objectives, are consistent with President Joe Biden's U.S.$4 trillion revamp of the American economy, focusing on an industrial policy that will keep an eye on climate change. This means that the start of the trade talks could be delayed and the objectives of the bilateral pact recast, to recognise Biden's agenda with some of the aims of the negotiations set by the former U.S. president Donald Trump administration likely to be dropped. A trade agreement with Kenya, which would be the first U.S. free trade deal in sub-Saharan Africa, comes amid a growing concern about China's investments across Africa. The Biden administration is reportedly seeking to cut China's share of the global trade. Kenya and the US formally launched negotiations in July 2020 for a bilateral trade pact that the two economies hoped could serve as a model for additional agreements across Africa.

Kenya: Biden Team Set to Review Kenya, Trump Trade Talks

East African, 5 April 2021

The Biden administration will review bilateral trade negotiations and targets that ex-President Donald Trump regime made with Kenya last year over a potential free trading deal. Read more »
Kenya: Kenya is Determined to Conclude Trade Deal With the U.S., President Kenyatta Says

Capital FM, 20 January 2021

President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated Kenya's determination to conclude ongoing negotiations with the United States of America and sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Read more »
Kenya: Govt to Continue Pursuing Trade Deal With U.S.

Nation, 19 January 2021

Kenya will keep pursuing free trade deal with the United States during Joe Biden's era, President Uhuru Kenyatta said Tuesday. Read more »

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U.S. President Biden Pledges New 'Shared Vision' With Africa

U.S. President Joe Biden's dispatch of a video message to the African Union Summit, and the message's contents, mark a sharp divergence from the approach of former president Donald ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
- Kenya: Kenya-U.S. Free Trade Talks Are Under Way - What Nairobi Must Get Right From Start
- Kenya: Will U.S.-Kenya Trade Negotiations Succeed?
U.S. Eyes Chunk of Key Sectors In Kenyan Trade Deal

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 »
- Kenya: U.S. Eyes Big Chunk of Key Sectors in Trade Deal
- Kenya: U.S. Trade Deal Could Cripple Agriculture, Manufacturing
Trump Officially Notifies U.S. Congress of Kenya Trade Deal

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 »
- Kenya: Trump Notifies Congress of Trade Deal With Govt
- Kenya: Munya Dismisses Claims That U.S.-Kenya Trade Talks Undermines Regional Protocol
U.S. Sets Sights on Kenya as Sub-Saharan Trade Partner

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 »
- Kenya: U.S. Picks Kenya for Bilateral Trade Deal
- Kenya: Peace Deal Earns Kenyatta and Odinga U.S. Invite

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President Uhuru Kenyatta and former U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC during an official visit on August 27, 2018 (file photo).