Kenya and the European Union have signed a major economic partnership agreement (EPA) that will guarantee the East African country duty-free and unlimited access for select products into the EU, its biggest export market.<\/p>\n
Kenyan President William Ruto and EU Commission chief Ursula Von Der Leyen were at a signing ceremony in Nairobi.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the core of this arrangement is our aspiration to put real money into the pockets of ordinary people: farmers, craftsmen and women, fabricators, transporters and various other kinds of workers who contribute to the manufacturing, intercontinental transport and last-mile delivery to consumers of various products that are a subject of the signing of this agreement,\u201d President Ruto said.<\/p>\n
Kenya is required to reciprocate by gradually opening its market to EU products.<\/p>\n
The EU is Kenya’s leading export destination and second-largest trading partner, totalling about \u20ac3.3 ($3.6bn;\u00a32.8bn) of trade in 2022 – an increase of 27% compared to 2018.<\/p>\n
Both the EU and Kenyan parliaments will have to ratify the deal to bring it into effect.<\/p>\n
The EPA was initially meant for East African Community (EAC) members but all countries in the regional bloc, barring Kenya, abandoned the trade pact in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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