Kenya eyes Africa, EU markets as fallback amid US trade turmoil

Workers at an EPZ firm in Nairobi.

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Kenya is eyeing more forays in Africa and the European Union to find an alternative market to the US, amid fears that President Donald Trump’s radical trade policies will hit exporters servicing the American market.

The Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment (MITI) said it is exploring the EU, where Kenya already has an active Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), to absorb exports that will lose the US market, terming Trump’s tariffs as an opportunity for a reset.

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