Ruto: New partnership will help narrow Kenya-US trade deficit

US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman (left), President William Ruto and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo during the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Business Summit in Nairobi. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

President William Ruto has pledged to narrow the trade deficit between Kenya and the United States as the two countries await the conclusion of the much-awaited Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP).

President Ruto, while speaking at the just-concluded American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Business Summit in Nairobi, exuded confidence that implementation of the trade partnership could start in the second half of the year.