US extends AGOA, securing Kenya’s textile exports

It's a sigh of relief for the country's multi-billion shilling textile and manufacturing industry, as the African Growth and Opportunity Act, better known as AGOA, gets a new lease on life. After months of uncertainty, President Donald Trump on Tuesday officially signed an extension, retroactively covering the period since the pact lapsed last September. But the fine print suggests that the era of free trade may be shifting toward fair trade under the America First banner.