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Kenya and Rwanda sign EU trade deal as Tanzania and Uganda stay out

By Paul Wafula | Sep. 2, 2016
From Left: Industry and Trade Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed, Rwanda Trade Minister Francis Kanimba, Ambassador of Slovakia to EU Peter Javorcik and Sandra Galina (right) of the European Commission.

Kenya has won over Rwanda as it races to secure access to the European Union market even as Tanzania and Uganda stay out of the deal.

The Industry, Trade and Cooperatives ministry said Thursday that trade ministers for Kenya and Rwanda had signed the EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Brussels, Belgium.

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