Arusha, Tanzania | Xinhua | Member states of the East African Community (EAC) have been urged to expedite the comprehensive review of the EAC Common External Tariff (CET) in order to promote trade and industrialization in the region, the EAC said in a statement released on Monday. Betty Maina, chairperson of …
Read More »Kenya appeals to Uganda to sign EU trade pact
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya has again appealed to Uganda for a joint strategy on accessing the European market through the stalled EU/EAC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Kenya also wants to partner with Uganda in negotiating a trade deal with the US as the the AGOA, the American Growth …
Read More »Inside the Kenya-Uganda trade talks
Access to Kenyan market still a pain for Ugandan traders Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Ugandan traders had high hopes when Betty Maina, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development visited Uganda on a recent weeklong bilateral visit. The local traders hoped that the key issues that …
Read More »Kenya, U.S. hold talks on free trade agreement
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya and the United States have held virtual talks on signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Betty Maina, Kenya’s cabinet secretary of Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development said in a statement on Thursday. Betty Maina said that she discussed with Katherine Tai, the …
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