Breaking Ranks, Kenya Enters Bilateral Trade Talks With Washington

The United States continues to try to break down plurilateral trade agreements into bilateral deals, and Kenya appears to be the first sub-Saharan African country on its list. During his visit with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States intends to open formal trade negotiations with the East African nation. The Trump administration will try to use any deal with Kenya as a model for talks with other African countries as the United States moves away from multilateral trade deals....