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EAC secures unlimited access to Kenya-UK trade deal
Monday March 01 2021
UK High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott at a greenhouse at Ibis farm in Meru County on February 3, 2021. Kenya renegotiated and signed a new trade agreement with the UK by December 31, 2020. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG
Summary
East African Community Customs Union Protocol requires partner states to negotiate as a bloc.
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda had demanded the extension of the negotiations period by one year so that they could sign the agreement as a bloc.
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East African Community (EAC) member states have secured an open-ended time frame to access the trade agreement signed between Kenya and the United Kingdom (UK) in a development that is likely to protect the fragile regional unity and preserve the spirit of regional integration.