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China ready for trade talks with East Africa bloc, says ambassador to Kenya

China's ambassador to Kenya Wu Peng speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Chinese embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, June 6, 2019. [Reuters]

China is ready to negotiate a trade deal with the six-nation East Africa Community (EAC) to address Kenya’s complaints about a huge trade imbalance in favor of the Asian economic giant, China’s ambassador to Nairobi told Reuters.

Kenyan officials said the government was not ready to discuss a free trade agreement as it fears a surge of imports from China but that a partial deal might be possible.

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