EAC secures unlimited access to Kenya-UK trade deal
UK High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott at a greenhouse at Ibis farm in Meru County on February 3, 2021. Kenya renegotiated and signed a new trade agreement with the UK by December 31, 2020. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG
East African Community (EAC) member states have secured an open-ended time frame to access the trade agreement signed between Kenya and the United Kingdom (UK) in a development that is likely to protect the fragile regional unity and preserve the spirit of regional integration.
“This agreement shall be open to accession by any state that is a Contracting Party to The Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community. A request for accession shall be submitted to the EPA Council,” reads the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Kenya and the UK dated December 8, 2020.
