Inside Trade

February 14, 2025

Kenya’s president raises STIP talks in first call with Rubio

By Margaret Spiegelman  / January 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday said he spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio about a “need to conclude” a bilateral trade arrangement launched under the Biden administration. “I have had a telephone conversation with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on a variety of issues of mutual concern for our two countries,” Ruto said in a social media post . “We discussed the need to conclude the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) agreement that seeks to...

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