Trade Ministry defends trade deal with Britain

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The Standard | by Vivianne Wandera


The recently signed economic trade agreement between Kenya and the United Kingdom has a lot to offer, the government has said.

The economic partnership agreement was met with uproar from local traders and parliament with fears that it could lead to unfair competition for local producers.

The Ministry of Trade and Industrialisation, however, says the trade deal will open up the UK more to Kenyan goods and services. Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina said the country has an open field to ship as much as…

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