New talks were opened under President Joe Biden’s administration on a trade and investment partnerships aimed at lifting non-tariff barriers but were not completed before Trump returned to office in 2025.
18th February 2026 12:05 PM 
Kenya and the United States will resume negotiations in Washington next week in search of a bilateral trade deal.
According to the Cabinet Secretary for Investments Trade and Industry of Kenya, Lee Kinyanjui, the talks will be held from Monday to Thursday next week, followed by meetings aimed to firm up deliberations.
The East African nation, which exported goods worth 737 million dollars or 10 per cent of its total exports to the U.S. in 2024, held talks with Washington in 2025 to safeguard market access, seeking to conclude a process that started in 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term.
New talks were opened under President Joe Biden’s administration on a trade and investment partnerships aimed at lifting non-tariff barriers but were not completed before Trump returned to office in 2025.
