Kenya revives FTA negotiations with US as clock ticks towards Agoa expiry

From front left: Investment, Trade and Industry CS Lee Kinyanjui, President William Ruto, and Kenya Private Sector Association (Kepsa) CEO Carol Kariuki arrive for the Presidential Roundtable with the Kenya Private Sector at the Emara Ole-Sereni hotel in Nairobi County, Kenya.

Photo credit: PCS

Kenya has announced plans to kickstart negotiations with the United States on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that President Donald Trump initiated during his first administration.

Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui is expected to lead a Kenyan delegation to Washington DC in the next week to meet with the US Representative of Trade and other top trade officials over possible revival of the FTA.