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What happens if Trump trashes the AGOA pact?
DW News  |  Apr 22, 2025

African nations have enjoyed duty-free access to the US market for over two decades under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), up for renewa...

South Africa appoints special envoy to the U.S. amid strained relations under Trump
Mwangi Maina  |  Apr 14, 2025

Jonas' new posting comes at a time when Pretoria and Washington have been drifting diplomatically, especially under Trump's renewed "America First" fo...

Ivory Coast threatens more expensive cocoa in response to US tariffs
Reuters  |  Apr 11, 2025

Last week, the Trump administration announced tariffs of 21%, the highest in West Africa, on the Ivory Coast as part of higher targeted duties on doze...

China speaks with Saudi Arabia, South Africa about response to US tariffs
Reuters  |  Apr 11, 2025

The conversations took place over separate video calls on Thursday in which China discussed strengthening bilateral economic and trade cooperation wit...

SADC fumes over U.S. trade blitz, calls for collective action
Mwangi Maina  |  Apr 08, 2025

"Collective action will be taken," it said, pointing to an emergency meeting of its Council of Ministers slated for June.

Kenya faces increased trade imbalance with US amid new 10% export tariff - KAM
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 05, 2025

Data from the office of the United States trade representative shows that the US total goods trade with Kenya stood at $1.5 billion (Sh193.9 billion)...

11 Kenyan health institutions receive Sh42 billion from US Embassy amid USAID shutdown
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 04, 2025

The funding comes at a crucial time when many of these organisations faced the threat of halting services due to a prolonged freeze in US support.

Kenya, South Africa vow to fight back against Trump’s new trade tariffs
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 03, 2025

PS Sing’oei reassured exporters that the new tariffs would not take immediate effect due to Kenya’s existing trade agreements under AGOA, which allows...

Kenya and Britain in new efforts to erase trade tariff barriers
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 03, 2024

Mvurya announced that their talks revolved around tariffs and tax barriers that made it difficult or unfavourable for Kenyan horticultural produce suc...

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