Maina: U.S.-Kenya trade partnership a ‘placeholder’ for future FTA

A developing trade arrangement between the U.S. and Kenya can serve as a stepping stone to a comprehensive free trade agreement, Kenya’s outgoing trade minister said this week. “What we are currently in discussions over is the development of a strategic trade and investment partnership which is a placeholder for a full Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) in the future,” Kenyan Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina said on Monday, on the eve of a change in...