TRADE AGREEMENT

Kenya has signed a private sector agreement with the United States aimed at expanding trade and investment. More

Ghana has begun implementing the Ghana-European Union interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) that came into effect from 1 July 2021. More

The Senate was unable to approve before it adjourned for a short break a comprehensive legislative package aimed at boosting U.S. competitiveness while addressing the challenges posed by mainland China, although it is expected to take up the legislation when it returns for business during the week of 7 June. Before it adjourned, the upper chamber approved an amendment that incorporates multiple trade provisions to the legislation. More

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on 28 April that USTR has yet to begin an agency-level review of U.S. trade policy toward mainland China. The news further dampens hopes that the Biden administration will act anytime soon to modify or remove tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of goods imported from the mainland. More