{"id":4357,"date":"2024-01-04T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T08:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/?p=4357"},"modified":"2024-03-18T11:46:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:46:58","slug":"trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade agreement signed between the EU and Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 18, the EU and Kenya signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/policy.trade.ec.europa.eu\/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region\/countries-and-regions\/east-african-community-eac\/eu-kenya-agreement\/text-agreement_en?prefLang=de&amp;etrans=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trade agreement<\/a>. In its press release, the EU Commission refers to this as the most ambitious agreement with a developing country to date. Ambitious in particular regarding the provisions on climate and environmental protection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div id=\"attachment_4355\" style=\"width: 356px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4355\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-4355\" src=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-300x208.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27346%27%20height%3D%27240%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20346%20240%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27346%27%20height%3D%27240%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-200x138.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-400x277.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-600x415.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coffee is one of Kenya&#8217;s most important export products. (Image source: Pixabay)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was in Nairobi for the signing and has high hopes for the new agreement: &#8220;This agreement will also contribute to sustainable and fair economic growth and open up new opportunities for businesses, which will benefit citizens on both sides.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kenya&#8217;s second largest trading partner is the EU. In 2022, the trade volume amounted to 3.3 billion euros. The economic agreement is intended to further support bilateral trade. For example, the EU wants to remove customs duties on Kenyan imports. In return, Kenya will liberalize 82.6 percent of EU imports over the next 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>The EU Parliament still has to approve the trade agreement before it comes into force.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: DIHK, <a href=\"https:\/\/germany.representation.ec.europa.eu\/news\/eu-und-kenia-unterzeichnen-wirtschaftspartnerschaftsabkommen-2023-12-18_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU Commission<\/a> (German)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 18, the EU and Kenya signed a trade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trade agreement signed between the EU and Kenya - Nicola Bernard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trade agreement signed between the EU and Kenya - Nicola Bernard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On December 18, the EU and Kenya signed a trade [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nicola Bernard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-04T08:55:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-18T09:46:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-300x208.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nicola.bernard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"nicola.bernard\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya\/\",\"name\":\"Trade agreement signed between the EU and Kenya - Nicola Bernard\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-300x208.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-04T08:55:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-18T09:46:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7a09693188c7e9880d798b5b412350a4\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/trade-agreement-signed-between-the-eu-and-kenya\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-300x208.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/coffee-3392168_640-300x208.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Nicola Bernard\",\"description\":\"Serviceb\u00fcro f. 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