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Port of Mombasa caught in tariff wars crossfire

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A section of containers at the Port of Mombasa on March 3, 2025. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Traders at the port of Mombasa have been caught in the crossfire of escalating trade wars between the United States and China as costs rise.

The Kenya Ships Agents Association (KSAA) says that the ripple effects of the tariff wars between the world's two superpowers have not spared East Africa.

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