Kenya in last-ditch effort to persuade Tanzania to sign EPA

Kenya Horticultural Exporters staff sort out vegetables for export. Kenya's exports to the EU stand to attract additional taxes in absence of the renegotiated Economic Partnership Agreement. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Kenya will today take its case to the European Union in Brussels in a last-ditch effort to garner support for the Economic Partnership Agreement deal.

Trade Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed is leading a Kenyan delegation to the Belgian capital, where he hopes to bring Tanzania on board to take a united stand with its East African Community (EAC) neighbours on the elusive trade pact.