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US-Kenya Trade and Investment Working Group Established

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is forming a U.S.-Kenya Trade and Investment Working Group, with the aim of deepening the trade relationship between the two countries. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives Peter Munya said that…

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although Kenya has increased its exports to the U.S. through the African Growth and Opportunity Act, "its utilization has been suboptimal. Through implementation of the recently launched National AGOA strategy and action plan, Kenya seeks greater US support in order to optimize available opportunities in the remaining seven years of AGOA." According to USTR, there's $1 billion of trade annually between Kenya and the U.S., and more than 70 percent of Kenyan exports to the U.S. are covered by AGOA preferences.