Republican senators urge Tai to prioritize Kenya FTA negotiations
Republican senators are pressing U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to prioritize negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement with Kenya, which they say would “build on” the African Growth and Opportunity Act and integration efforts underway on the continent. In an Aug. 20 letter to Tai , seven Republican senators -- including Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) and former Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) -- said a U.S.-Kenya FTA would be “the appropriate next step in...