Kenya to gradually remove taxes on UK goods in pact

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Business Daily | by Constant Munda


Kenya will gradually remove taxes on imports from the UK after seven years following a trade pact the two countries signed Tuesday last week.

Mr James Duddridge, the UK minister for Africa, said the deal— strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) — is aimed at “doing more trade with less friction” between the UK and the six-nation East African Community bloc.

The pact, which will now have to be ratified by respective lawmakers, preserves duty- and quota-free access for exports originating from the EAC…

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