Wyden, Neal urge Tai to shift gears in Kenya talks from STIP to FTA

The top Democrats on the Senate Finance and House Ways & Means committees are calling on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to “transition” trade discussions underway with Kenya into talks on a comprehensive free trade agreement. In a May 21 letter to Tai, Finance Chair Ron Wyden (OR) and Ways & Means ranking member Richard Neal (MA) said they were “encouraged” by USTR’s progress negotiating the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership, launched in 2022, but added that they wanted...