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EAC upbeat Biden will revive stalled trade talks

1-Dec-2020 The East African

The East African Community is optimistic that the US President elect Joe Biden will revive the negotiations and implementations of the EAC-US Trade and Investment Partnership.

Episode 11: The US Kenya FTA part 3 featuring Lori Wallach

27-Nov-2020 Strathmore University

In this third episode of the US Kenya FTA series, we are joined by Dr. Isaac Rutenberg the Director of CIPIT, and Lori Wallach, Head Director and Founder of Global Trade Watch.

Qatar, Tunisia discuss signing free trade agreement

17-Nov-2020 The Peninsula

The two countries aim to increase the volume of trade exchange and diversify it by signing a free trade agreement.

Greenpeace Africa petitions CS on plastic deal in Kenya–US trade talks

12-Nov-2020 The Star

The Kenyan Trade Cabinet received a 20,000–strong petition calling on her to take a strong stand against any influence by the American Chemistry Council, which Greenpeace said is keen to secure market for the US plastic industry.

Update: Kenya - US free trade agreement

2-Nov-2020 AmCham Kenya

The talks have moved into the second round. Kenya has prepared text for 13 chapters.

Bad times for ECOWAS

26-Oct-2020 Seneplus

Côte d’Ivoire has hastily signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the UK, which is modelled on the interim EPA the country signed with the European Union.

The UK-SACUM economic partnership agreement

8-Oct-2020 Tralac

In the SACUM-UK EPA, commitments on tariffs for both the UK and SACUM have been transitioned from the SADC-EU EPA without changes.

Rethinking trade: Kenya and the environment

6-Oct-2020 Public Citizen

So-called “trade agreements” such as the US-Kenya trade deal have nothing to do with trade. But rather they impose new limits on government regulatory authority.

US seeks to stop Kenya’s digital taxation plans in FTA deal

28-Sep-2020 Kahawa Tungu

Kenya’s plans to tax digital services could hit a brick wall following its negotiations for a free trade deal with the US.

East African partners throw Kenya under the bus in Brexit talks

24-Sep-2020 The East African

Meetings called to negotiate a collective trade agreement between the EAC and the United Kingdom have failed to make any substantive progress.

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