USTR official: Kenya interested in U.S. trade deal as alternative to China

Kenyan officials have indicated interest in a trade deal with the U.S. as an alternative to Chinese investment, an official with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said on Wednesday. “What the Kenyans have been telling us … [is] that the Chinese bring in the workers, they bring in the materials and they leave a project in a lot of debt,” Michael Nemelka said at a meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa, adding, “They...