How Trump tariffs have hit Kenya’s vital flower sector

Kenyan flowers now face steeper costs and reduced competitiveness.

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Kenya’s floriculture sector, known for its premium roses, carnations and summer flowers, is grappling with hurdles as it seeks to expand beyond the traditional European markets and break into the lucrative United States market.

Kenyan flower growers and exporters, who were looking to the American market as their next frontier, found it largely closed off by geopolitical tensions, trade barriers and, now, US President Donald Trump’s protectionist tariffs.