President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday led his administration in pushing for greater access to Chinese market for Kenyan exports to balance trade. Uhuru said that a more balanced trade between China and Africa would help fight the propaganda that the Asian giant was taking advantage of poor countries. The Star understands that during the bilateral talks, Uhuru expressed concern about the trade imbalance and demanded access to the Chinese market for Kenya’s produce. Kenya becomes the first African country that China has agreed to form a joint technical working group on the expansion of trade exports into China. As a nation we look forward to an open Chinese market for Kenya’s exports," Uhuru said in a tweet after the meeting.

Source: The Star November 05, 2018 05:03 UTC