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Why Trump is resetting Biden's-era trade talks with Kenya

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President William Ruto and former US President Joe Biden in the Oval office, White House, Washington, D C, on May 23, 2024. [File, Standard]

Kenya and the US are set to start negotiations on a new trade agreement as the country seeks to secure billions earned in exporting goods to the US as uncertainty clouds the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which allows duty free entry of certain goods from African countries to the American market.

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